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BTS Master

MT8220T High Performance Handheld Spectrum Analyzer

SCPI programming commands may not be available for all instrument operating

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modes and functions.

Anritsu Company

490 Jarvis Drive

Morgan Hill, CA 95037-2809

USA

http://www.anritsu.com

Part Number: 10580-00367

Revision: E

Published: November 2017

Copyright 2017 Anritsu Company

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Page 1 Programming Manual BTS Master MT8220T High Performance Handheld Spectrum Analyzer SCPI programming commands may not be available for all instrument operating Note modes and functions. Anritsu Company Part Number: 10580-00367 490 Jarvis Drive Revision: E Morgan Hill, CA 95037-2809 Published: November 2017 Copyright 2017 Anritsu Company http://www.anritsu.com...
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contacting Anritsu ........
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Page 5 :FETCh Subsystem ......... . 9-8 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev.
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Page 7 15-5 :FETCh Subsystem ........15-10 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev.
Page 8 C++ Code (IQ_SCPI.cpp) ........B-5 Appendix C—List of Commands by Mode Index Contents-6 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 9: Chapter 1-General Information
On this page you can find links to sales, service, and support contact information for your country or region. You can also provide online feedback, complete a “Talk to Anritsu” form to have your questions answered, or obtain other services offered by Anritsu.
Page 10: Remote Programming Setup And Interface
USB interface. The following sections provide information about the interface connections, cable requirements, and remote operation setup. If a password has been set for the instrument, to control access via the Anritsu Note Web Remote Tools, for example, remote operation using SCPI commands is not possible.
Page 11 System Options soft key and the Ethernet Config soft key. The instrument IP address can be set automatically using DHCP, or manually by entering the desired IP address, gateway address and subnet mask. MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 12: Usb Interface Connection And Setup
PC must have a version of VISA installed that supports USBTMC (USB Test and Measurement Class) devices. The USB 2.0 Mini-B device connector can be used to connect the MT8220T directly to a PC. The first time the instrument is connected to a PC, the normal USB device detection by the computer operating system takes place.
Page 13 Number has never been connected to this controller PC. Figure 1-1. Found New Hardware Wizard Select to allow the Wizard to search for and install the USB software automatically. Figure 1-2. Found New Hardware Wizard MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 14 1-4 Remote Programming Setup and Interface General Information After the software finishes installing, close the Wizard by clicking Finish. Figure 1-3. Found New Hardware Wizard PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 15: Sending Scpi Commands
Sending commands while this screen is displayed is an invalid operation. Refer to the instrument User Guide for information on the Menu screen. On the PC, run VISA Interactive Control and double-click on the instrument. Figure 1-4. VISA Interactive Control MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 16 VISA Interactive Control viWrite Tab Select the viRead tab and click the Execute button. If the PC is connected to the instrument, the command returns the following information from the Buffer: manufacturer name (“Anritsu”), model number/options, serial number, and firmware package number. Figure 1-6.
Page 17: Chapter 2-Programming With Scpi
It does so by defining controller messages, instrument responses, and message formats for all SCPI compatible instruments. SCPI commands are messages to the instrument to perform specific tasks. The MT8220T command set includes: •...
Page 18: Scpi Required Commands
Front Panel Access: Shift-8 (System), System Options, Reset, Factory Defaults See Also::SYSTem:PRESet SCPI Required Commands The required SCPI commands supported by the MT8220T are listed in the Table 2-1. These command work in all measurement modes and are described in Chapter Table 2-1.
Page 19 Chapter 9, “WCDMA Commands” • Chapter 10, “TDSCDMA Commands” • Chapter 11, “GSM Commands” • Chapter 12, “Fixed WiMAX Commands” • Chapter 13, “Mobile WiMAX Commands” • Chapter 14, “LTE Commands” • Chapter 15, “TD-LTE Commands” MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 20: Subsystem Commands
The syntax of the individual commands is described in detail in the programming command chapters. Unrecognized versions of long form or short form commands, or improper syntax, will generate an error. PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 21: Hierarchical Command Structure
“the Command Tree.” The command keywords that correspond to the major instrument control functions are located at the top of the command tree. The root command keywords for the MT8220T SCPI command set are shown in Figure 2-1.
Page 22: Query Commands
2-3 Subsystem Commands Programming with SCPI All MT8220T SCPI commands, except the :ABORt command, have one or more subcommands (keywords) associated with them to further define the instrument function to be controlled. The subcommand keywords may also have one or more associated subcommands (keywords).
Page 23: Identifiers
The name should be enclosed in either single quotes (‘ ’) or double <filename> quotes (“ ”). The need for an extension is documented with applicable commands. Voltage. Units specified with the command. <voltage> Current. Units specified with the command. <current> MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 24: Data Parameters
::=a signed integer without a decimal point (implied radix point) <NR2> ::=a signed number with an explicit radix point ::=a scaled explicit decimal point numeric value with and exponent (e.g., floating <NR3> point number) <NRf> ::=<NR1>|<NR2>|<NR3> PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 25: Unit Suffixes
Unit suffixes are not required for data parameters, provided the values are scaled for the global default units. The BTS Master SCPI default units are: Hz (Hertz) for frequency related parameters s (seconds) for time related parameters, and m (meters) for distance related parameters. MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 26: Notational Conventions
It must not be used between keywords or inside keywords. Indicates a root command name For further information about SCPI command syntax and style, refer to the Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments (SCPI) 1999.0 document. 2-10 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 27: Notational Examples
The following is an example of a multiple command statement that uses two separate commands in a single statement: :FREQuency:STARt 10E6;:FREQuency:STOP 20E9 A semicolon is used to join the commands and a leading colon used immediately Note after the semicolon to start the second command. MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 2-11...
Page 28: Command Terminators
The “|” indicates that a choice must be made. Optional input is be enclosed in “[ ]”. The “[ ]” [optional input] are not part of the command. 2-12 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 29: Parameter Names
MARKER_TABLE Marker table status (On/Off) TRACE_VIEW Trace View (View/Blank) TRACE_STATE Trace State (Write/Hold) WINDOWING Windowing Type (Rectangular/Nominal Side Lobe/Low Side Lobe/Minimum Side Lobe) CABLE Cable index from the cable list PROP_VEL Propagation velocity MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 2-13...
Page 30 PM_UPPER_THRESHOLD PM upper threshold PM_LOWER_THRESHOLD PM lower threshold CENTER_FREQ Center Frequency SPAN Span Frequency CAL_COEFFICIENT_PTR Calibrate coefficient SMITH_CHART_TYPE Smith chart type DISPLAY_CHANNELS Display Channels ACTIVE_DISPLAY_CHANNEL The current active display channel NUM_OF_CHANNELS Channel number 2-14 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 31 S11 Log Magnitude Fault Location reference value REFERENCE_LINE_RL_DIST S11 Log Magnitude Fault Location reference line SCALE_RESOLUTION_SWR S11 VSWR scale resolution REFERENCE_VALUE_SWR S11 VSWR reference value REFERENCE_LINE_SWR S11 VSWR reference line SCALE_RESOLUTION_SWR_DI S11 VSWR Fault Location scale resolution MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 2-15...
Page 32 DTF VSWR Bottom Value RL_MAG_TOP Return Loss Top Value RL_MAG_BOTTOM Return Loss Bottom Value SWR_MAG_TOP VSWR Top Value SWR_MAG_BOTTOM VSWR Bottom Value CL_MAG_TOP Cable Loss Top Value CL_MAG_BOTTOM Cable Loss Bottom Value IL_MAG_TOP IL Magnitude Top 2-16 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 33 VVM_CABLE Vector Volt Meter selected cable. VVM_RF_OFF Vector Volt Meter RF on/off. VVM_RETURN_REF_AMP Vector Volt Meter Return Ref Amp. VVM_RETURN_REF_PHASE Vector Volt Meter Return Ref. phase. VVM_RETURN_REF_VSWR Vector Volt Meter Return Ref VSWR. MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 2-17...
Page 34 Vector Volt Meter delta Imag SAVED_FREQ_START Saved Start Frequency. SAVED_FREQ_STOP Saved Stop Frequency. VVM_SAVED_REAL Saved Real. VVM_SAVED_IMAG Saved Imag. VVM_SAVE_REFERENCE Saved reference. MKR_REF_FREQNx Reference marker x frequency (where x is the marker number 0-5) 2-18 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 35 Upper limit current magnitude LIM_PFLAGS_UPx Upper limit x flags (where x is the limit point number starting with 0) LIM_FREQNC_UPx Upper limit point x freq (where x is the limit point number starting with 0) MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 2-19...
Page 36 0) LIM_FREQNC_LOx Lower limit point x freq (where x is the limit point number starting with 0) LIM_MAGNTD_LOx Lower limit point x (where x is the limit point number starting with 0) 2-20 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 37: Spectrum Analyzer Parameter Names
Reference level SCALE y-axis scale PREAMP_SET Preamp state REF_LEVEL_OFFSET Reference level offset DETECTION Detection type TRACE_AVERAGE Number of traces to average SWEEP_TYPE Single/continuous CURRENT_SIGNAL Current signal index CURRENT_CHANNEL Current signal channel TRACE_MODE Normal/Avg/Max MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 2-21...
Page 38 Marker table status ACTIVE_ MEASUREMENT Current measurement ANTENNA Antenna index OCC_BW_METHOD Occupied bandwidth method OCC_BW_PERCENT Occupied bandwidth % of power setting OCC_BW_DBC Occupied bandwidth dBc setting OCC_BW_MEASURED_ dB Occupied bandwidth measured dBc value 2-22 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 39 Display point location of the demodulation frequency BEAT_FREQUENCY_ OSC_FREQUENCY BFO oscillator freq CI_C_TYPE C/I measurement carrier type CI_C_VALUE C/I measurement measured carrier power CI_I_BB_VALUE C/I measurement measured broadband interference power CI_I_NB_VALUE C/I measurement measured narrowband interference power MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 2-23...
Page 40 SPA_MKR_FLAG_DISP_FLAG: 0x00000F00 SPA_MKR_FLAG_RELATIVE: 0x00001000 SPA_MKR_STANDARD: 0x10000000 SPA_MKR_FIELD_STRENGHT: 0x20000000 SPA_MKR_NOISE: 0x30000000 SPA_MKR_COUNTER: 0x40000000 SPA_MKR_TIME: 0x50000000 MKR_SPA_REF_TOx Specifies which marker is the marker x reference to MKR_SPA_TRACex Specifies which trace the marker x is for. 2-24 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 41 Output Power Level TG_S21_NORMALIZE_ON_OFF Generator Normalize Measurement GENERATOR_OUTPUT Generator State TG_REF_POSITION Normalized Trace Reference Position TG_REF_AMPLITUDE Reference Amplitude at the Reference Position TG_SCALE Normalized Trace Scale ACPR_UPPER_ALT_CH_PWR ACPR measured upper alternate channel power MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 2-25...
Page 42 TG_IL_REL_STATS State TG_IL_ABS_STATS Generator Power Statistics Table State TG_REF_LEVEL_OFFSET TG Transmission Offset TG Transmission Measurement Statistics (Max TG_IL_REL_MAX_PWR_VALUE Value) TG Transmission Measurement Statistics TG_IL_REL_AVG_PWR_VALUE (Average Value) TG Transmission Measurement Statistics (Min TG_IL_REL_MIN_PWR_VALUE Value) 2-26 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 43: Gsm Parameter Names
MC_SPECTRUM_START_FREQ Multi-channel spectrum start frequency MC_SPECTRUM_STOP_FREQ Multi-channel spectrum stop frequency MC_CHANNEL_CURSOR Multi-channel spectrum channel cursor (used for markers) MC_FREQ_CURSOR Multi-channel spectrum frequency cursor (used for markers) TEST_MODEL Current pass fail model being tested MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 2-27...
Page 44: Wimax, Mobile Wimax Parameter Names
TEST_MODEL Current pass fail model being tested CP_RATIO Cyclic Prefix Ratio (the value is the index of the CP Ratio list, where a value of 0 is the first index in the list) 2-28 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 45 Constellation reference points on/off SPECTRAL_FLATNESS_TOP Y Axis Max for Spectral Flatness SPECTRAL_FLATNESS_EVM_SUB_START Spectral Flatness/EVM vs. sub-carrier start SPECTRAL_FLATNESS_EVM_SUB_STOP Spectral Flatness/EVM vs. sub-carrier stop EVM_SYM_START EVM vs. Symbol start EVM_SYM_STOP EVM vs. Symbol stop MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 2-29...
Page 46: Wcdma Parameter Names
Dynamic range on/off ACLR_DISPLAY_GRAPH Display ACLR trace on/off MARKER_TABLE Marker table on/off OTA_AUTO_SC OTA auto scrambling code on/off OTA_CODE_LOCK OTA code lock on/off OTA_DISPLAY_VALUE Selected OTA display value OTA_SORT_PARAM Selected OTA sort parameter 2-30 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 47 RF marker point number RF_MKR_STATE_[1]|2|3|4|5|6 RF marker on/off DEMOD_MKR_POINT_[1]|2|3|4|5|6 Code domain marker point number DEMOD_MKR_STATE_[1]|2|3|4|5|6 Code domain marker on/off CODOGRAM_MKR_POINT_1 Codogram marker point number CODOGRAM_MKR_STATE_1 Codogram marker on/off CODOGRAM_MKR_TIME_1 Codogram marker time offset MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 2-31...
Page 48: Cdma Parameter Names
CHANNEL Current channel CHANNEL_WIDTH Channel width DATA_MODULATION Data channel modulation type PN_OFFSET PN offset WALSH_CODE Walsh code (64/128) CDP_SCALE Code Domain Power scale MEAS_SPEED Measurement speed (Fast/Normal/Slow) PN_TYPE PN trigger type (No Trig/GPS/Ext) 2-32 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 49 Code Domain Power unit type (Relative/Absolute) USER_PWR_UNIT Default unit (dBm/W/mW) BAND_CLASS Band class USER_CARRIER_BW Carrier bandwidth (1.23/1.24/1.25) RF_MKR_POINT_[1]|2|3|4|5|6 RF marker point number RF_MKR_STATE_[1]|2|3|4|5|6 RF marker on/off DEMOD_MKR_POINT_[1]|2|3|4|5|6 Code domain marker point number DEMOD_MKR_STATE_[1]|2|3|4|5|6 Code domain marker on/off MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 2-33...
Page 50: Evdo Parameter Names
SIGNAL_STANDARD Current Signal standard CHANNEL Current channel CHANNEL_WIDTH Channel width DATA_MODULATION Data channel modulation type PN_OFFSET PN offset WALSH_CODE Walsh code (64/128) POWER_TIME Power vs. Time slot type CDP_SCALE Code Domain Power scale 2-34 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 51 Power vs. Time stop chip USER_PWR_UNIT Default unit (dBm/W/mW) BAND_CLASS Band class USER_CARRIER_BW Carrier bandwidth (1.23/1.24/1.25) RF_MKR_POINT_[1]|2|3|4|5|6 RF marker point number RF_MKR_STATE_[1]|2|3|4|5|6 RF marker on/off DEMOD_MKR_POINT_[1]|2|3|4|5|6 Code domain marker point number DEMOD_MKR_STATE_[1]|2|3|4|5|6 Code domain marker on/off MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 2-35...
Page 52: Tdscdma Parameter Names
0 = Normal, 1 = Wide MARKER_TABLE Marker table on/off NUM_OF_ACLR_MAIN_CHANNELS Number of main channels NUM_OF_ACLR_ADJC_CHANNELS Number of adjacent channels CHANNEL_WIDTH Channel width SCRAMBLING_CODE_SET Scrambling code (128 = auto) SCRAMBLING_CODE_SET_RETURN Actual detected scrambling code SCRAMBLING_CODE_1 Scrambling code 1 2-36 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 53 RUN_HOLD Run/hold CODE_AUTOSAVE Code autosave on/off TEST_MODEL Current pass fail model being tested RF_MKR_POINT_[1]|2|3|4|5|6 RF marker point number RF_MKR_STATE_[1]|2|3|4|5|6 RF marker on/off DEMOD_MKR_POINT_[1]|2|3|4|5|6 Code domain marker point number DEMOD_MKR_STATE_[1]|2|3|4|5|6 Code domain marker on/off MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 2-37...
Page 54 2-7 Parameter Names Programming with SCPI 2-38 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 55: Chapter 3- All Mode Commands
Both <latitude> and <longitude> fields are expressed in radians. A negative latitude value corresponds to a “south” reading. A negative longitude value corresponds to a “west” reading. Related Command: :SENSe:GPS Front Panel Access: Shift-8 (System), GPS, GPS Info MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 56: Instrument Subsystem
Description: Returns a comma-separated list of available modes. Mode names are enclosed in double quotes (“ “). Immediately following the string name is the application number. For example, an MT8220T instrument with SPA, WCDMA, and Fixed WiMAX would return the string:“SPA”1,“WCDMA”5,“WIMAX_D”18.
Page 57: Mmemory Subsystem
(“ ”) and it must include the file extension. Use the command MMEMory:MSIS to set the current file location. Parameter: <filename> Related Command: :MMEMory:STORE:STATe :MMEMory:STORe:TRACe :MMEMory:MSIS INTernal|USB Front Panel Access: Shift-7 (File), Delete, Delete Selected File MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 58 <filename> should be enclosed in either single quotes (‘ ’) or double quotes (“ ”) and should contain a file extension “.stp”. Use the command MMEMory:MSIS to set the current save location. The <integer> parameter is not currently used, but it must be sent. PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 59 :MMEMory:MSIS INTernal|USB Front Panel Access: Shift-7 (File), Recall, (select Setup file from list) When recalling a setup that causes a mode switch, wait a minimum of 60 seconds Note before issuing the next command. MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 60 “.lte” for LTE “.tdlte” for TDLTE Parameter: <integer>, <filename> Example: To recall trace with file name “trace”: :MMEMory:LOAD:TRACe 1,”trace.spa” Related Command: :MMEMory:STORe:TRACe :MMEMory:MSIS INTernal|USB Front Panel Access: Shift-7 (File), (select Measurement file from list) PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 61 The Copy command will not execute if no USB device is plugged in. Before copying files, send the :SYSTem:MSIS? USB command to query the ready state of the USB Flash drive. Related Command: :MMEMory:MSIS :MMEMory:MSIS:DESTination :SYSTem:MSIS[:STATe]? Front Panel Access: Shift-7 (File), Copy MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 62 Use the command MMEMory:MSIS to set the current save location. Parameter: <filename> Example: To save the screen into the file name “trace”: :MMEMory:STORe:JPEG “trace” Related Command: :MMEMory:DATA? :MMEMory:MSIS INTernal|USB Front Panel Access: Shift-7 (File), Save, Change Type, (select JPEG from list) PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 63 Send a 0. Note that existing files of the same name will not be overwritten. Parameter: <integer>, <filename> Example: To save the trace into the file name “trace”: :MMEMory:STORe:TRACe 0,”trace” Related Command: :MMEMory:LOAD:TRACe :MMEMory:MSIS INTernal|USB Front Panel Access: Shift-7 (File), Save Measurement MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 64: Sense] Gps Subsystem
The query form of this command returns a 0 for an antenna voltage of 3.3 V and returns 1 for an antenna voltage of 5 V. Front Panel Access: Shift-8 (System), GPS, GPS Voltage 3-10 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 65: Status Subsystem
It will have a value of 1 when the sweep has completed. Not implemented 1024 Not implemented 2048 Not implemented 4096 Not implemented 8192 Not implemented 16384 Not implemented Will always be 0 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 3-11...
Page 66: System Subsystem
The USB query returns a 1 when a USB device is plugged into the USB port. It returns 0 if no USB drive is present. Internal memory in the BTS Master MT8220T should always be available and the INT query should always return a 1.
Page 67 Description: Deletes all limit points for the currently active limit line. The current selected limit line can be modified by using the :CALCulate:LIMit:TYPe command. Default Value: OFF Related Command: :CALCulate:LIMit:TYPe Front Panel Access: Shift-6 (Limit), Clear Limit MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 68 Front Panel Access: Shift-6 (Limit), Limit Edit, Value :CALCulate:LIMit:POINt? Title: Number of Limit Points Description: Returns the number of points currently in the selected limit line. Use :CALCulate:LIMit:TYPe to set the currently active limit line. Related Command: :CALCulate:LIMit:TYPe PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 69 ON and returns a 0 if OFF. Use :CALCulate:LIMit:TYPe to set the currently active limit line. Parameter: OFF|ON|0|1 Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: OFF Example: To turn on the currently selected limit line: :CALCulate:LIMit ON :CALCulate:LIMit:STATe ON :CALCulate:LIMit:STATe 1 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 70 Delta marker state. MKR_REF_FREQNx Reference marker x frequency MKR_DLT_FREQNx Delta marker x frequency MKR_REF_AMPLy Reference marker y-axis MKR_DLT_AMPL Delta marker y magnitude. x = marker 1 to 6. Front Panel Access: Marker, Marker Table On PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 71 Front Panel Access: Marker, Delta :CALCulate:MARKer{1|2|3|4|5|6}:DELTa:Y? Title: Delta Marker Read Y Value Description: Reads the current absolute Y value for the specified delta marker. The units are the units of the y-axis. Default Unit: Current y-axis unit MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 72 Front Panel Access: Marker, [Marker 1/2/3/4/5/6,] Valley Search :CALCulate:MARKer{1|2|3|4|5|6}:PEAK Title: Marker Peak Search Description: Puts the specified marker at the maximum value in the trace. Related Command: :CALCulate:MARKer[1]|2|3|4|5|6:MAXimum Front Panel Access: Marker, [Marker 1/2/3/4/5/6,] Peak Search PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 73 Front Panel Access: Marker, Marker [1/2/3/4/5/6] :CALCulate:MARKer{1|2|3|4|5|6}:Y? Title: Marker Read Y Value Description: Reads the current Y value for the specified marker. The units are the units of the y-axis. Default Unit: Current y-axis unit MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 74 Default Value: NORMal Range: NORMal|ADD|SUBTract Related Command: :CALCulate:MATH:MEMorize Front Panel Access: Shift-5 (Trace) :CALCulate:MATH:MEMorize Title: Trace To Memory Description: Copies the current measurement trace into memory. Front Panel Access: Shift-5 (Trace), Copy Trace To Display Memory PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 75: Chapter 4-Cable & Antenna Commands 4-1 :Calculate Subsystem
Description: Reports the maximum horizontal distance that can be analyzed in DTF. Note that the unit return is based on the current distance units. Default Value: 5.87 m Default Unit: Meters (m) Range: 0.0 m to 1500 m MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 76 :CALCulate:TRANsform:DISTance:STOP :CALCulate:TRANsform:DISTance:STOP? Title: Stop Distance Description: Sets the stop distance for DTF measurements. Default Value: 1000.0 m Default Unit: Meters (m) Range: 0.0 m to 1000.0 m Front Panel Access: Freq/Dist, Stop Dist 4-10 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 77 Description: Sets the windowing for DTF measurements. Available types are Rectangular, Nominal Side Lobe, Low Side Lobe and Minimum Side Lobe. Parameter: RECTangular|MSLobe| NSLobe|LSLobe Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: Rectangular Range: RECTangular|MSLobe| NSLobe|LSLobe Front Panel Access: Freq/Dist, Next, DTF Setup, Windowing MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 4-11...
Page 78: Calibration Subsystem
Description: Reports the calibrated state. This command returns a 1 if the instrument has been calibrated with discrete Open, Short, and Load components and returns 0 if the instrument has not been calibrated. Default Value: OFF Related Command: [:SENSe]CORRection:COLL:LOAD [:SENSe]CORRection:COLL:OPEN [:SENSe]CORRection:COLL:SHORt [:SENSe]CORRection:COLL:THRu 4-12 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 79: Configure Subsystem
Related Command: :CONFigure:MEASure:? Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), DTF Return Loss :CONFigure:MEASure:RLFReq Title: Configure Return Loss Description: Changes the current measurement to Return Loss. Related Command: CONFigure:MEASure:? Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), Return Loss MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 4-13...
Page 80: Display Subsystem
Front Panel Access: Shift-5 (Trace), Trace Overlay :DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:AUToscale Title: Autoscale Description: Autoscales the active channel display so that the trace is shown in the middle of the display. Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Autoscale 4-14 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 81 Phase: -180 degree to 90 degree VSWR: 1 to 65 S11 DTF RL: 1 dB to 10 dB DTF VSWR: 1 to 10 S21 Log Magnitude: 0.1 dB to 25 dB S21 Phase: 0.1 degree to 90 degree MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 4-15...
Page 82 Smith Chart scale to “Compress 3dB” on the front panel. Parameter: 0|10|20|30|-3 Default Value: Normal Default Unit: Current active amplitude unit Range: 0|10|20|30|-3 Front Panel Access: Measurement, S11 Reflection, Smith Chart, Scale 4-16 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 83: Format Subsystem
(4 for both INTeger,32 and REAL,32Öso 2204/4) to get the number of data points (in this example, 551). Parameter: ASCii|INTeger,32|REAL,32 Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: ASCii Related Command: :TRACe[:DATA] MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 4-17...
Page 84: Interpreting Returned Data Pair
111110101010110011 [real], 1110101110100010001 [imag] Convert the binary values to decimal: 256691 [real], 482577 [imag] Take out the 1e6 scale factor: 0.256691 [real], 0.482577 [imag] Finally, convert the values to dB: 10*log(0.256691^2 + 0.482577^2) = –5.25 dB 4-18 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 85 –(1+(1/2+1/4+0/8+1/16+0/32+1/64...) * 2^13) = –14976 (approx). Take out the 1e6 scale factor from both parts: .043520 [real], –.014976 [imag] Finally, convert the values to dB: 10*log((.043520)^2 + (-.014976)^2) = –26.7401848 dB MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 4-19...
Page 86: Initiate Subsystem
0 if a Run is set instead. Note that the set command is available only if the instrument is in Cable & Antenna mode. Parameter: OFF|ON|0|1 Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: OFF Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep), Run/Hold 4-20 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 87 :STATus:OPERation? to determine the status. When the “sweep complete” bit is set to 1, data is ready to be retrieved. Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :STATus:OPERation? Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep),Trigger Sweep MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 4-21...
Page 88: Source Subsystem
Title: Power Levels Description: Sets the power levels for the 2-port measurements. Parameter: LOW|HIGH Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: HIGH Range: –35 dBm to 0 dBm Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep), Output Power 4-22 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 89: Trace Subsystem
137 data points the values are in fours. To get the same number of data points as the data points setting, use the command :FORMat[:READings][:DATA]:DPoints to set whether the data returned should be based on the data points setting. MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 4-23...
Page 90 – 1000 (size of first data set). Alternatively, the two headers can be skipped and after 551 points are read from the first set, the second set starts. Parameter: [1] Related Command: :FORMat[:READings][:DATA] :FORMat[:READings][:DATA]:DPoints :TRACe[:DATA]:PREamble? 4-24 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 91: Sense] Subsystem
Default Value: OFF Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep), Averaging, Averaging [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:ABORt Title: Calibration Abort Description: Aborts the calibration measurement and restarts the current sweep and/or measurement. Related Command: [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:INITialize [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:OPEN [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:SHOR [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:THRu [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:LOAD MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 4-25...
Page 92 Description: Sets the DUT capacitance value for the specified coefficient and user. The query version of the command returns the DUT capacitance coefficient value for the specified user. Default Value: 0 Range: -2000 to 2000 4-26 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 93 ABORt command. 2. During calibration Data Points is set to 551. Set to desired Data Points value after calibration is completed. Related Command: [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:STATus? [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:OPEN [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:SHORt [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:LOAD [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:ABORt MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 4-27...
Page 94 The query version of the command returns a 1 if the calibrate type is set to 2-Port and 0 if the calibrate type is set to 1-Port. Factory Preset / *RST 2-Port Parameter: 0|1 Parameter Type: <boolean> Front Panel Access: Shift-2 (Calibrate), Cal Type 4-28 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 95 Use the query command [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:STATus? to check if the Short calibration measurement has completed and that the next calibrate step can be proceeded. Related Command: [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:STATus? [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:INITialize [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:OPEN [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:LOAD MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 4-29...
Page 96 Related Command: [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:INITialize [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:OPEN [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:SHORt [:SENSe]:CORRection:COLLect:LOAD [:SENSe]:CORRection:TYPe STANDARD|FLEX [:SENSe]:CORRection:TYPe? Title: Calibration Type Description: Set Calibration type - Standard, or Flex. Parameter: STANDARD|FLEX Parameter Type: <char> Front Panel Access: Shift-2 (Calibrate), Cal Type 4-30 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 97 DTF distance range. Parameter: <freq> Default Value: 400 MHz Default Unit: Hz Range: 400 MHz to 6.0 GHz Related Command: [:SENSe]:FREQuency:STOP? Front Panel Access: Freq, Start Freq MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 4-31...
Page 98 RF Immunity. Note that a sweep with RF immunity enabled with be slightly slower than a sweep with RF immunity disabled. Parameter: 0|1 Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: Low Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep), RF Immunity 4-32 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 99: Chapter 5-Vsg Commands
Range: –5 MHz to 5 MHz Default Unit: Hz [:SENSe]:INTerferer:MODE OFF|CW|MOD [:SENSe]:INTerferer:MODE? Title: Main Signal Mode Description: Sets the mode of the interferer. The query reports the mode of the interferer. Range: OFF|CW|MOD MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 100 Title: Trigger Type Description: Selects the type of external trigger for modulation. The query reports the trigger type. Return values for this command are 0 for NONE, 1 for POS, and 2 for NEG. Range: NONE|POS|NEG PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 101 Title: Interferer User Pattern Description: Select a user pattern from the pattern index to apply to the main signal. The query returns the user pattern index number for main signal (-1 if no current pattern). MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 102 5-1 [:SENSe] Subsystem VSG Commands PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 103: Chapter 6-Spectrum Analyzer Commands
:INITiate[:IMMediate] to trigger the next sweep. If :INITiate:CONTinuous is ON (i.e. the instrument is in continuous sweep mode), a new sweep will start immediately. Parameter: NA Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :INITiate[:IMMediate] MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 104: Calculate Subsystem
If no limit line is turned on, a new flat default limit line is turned on. Example: To move the limit to the current center: :CALCulate:LIMit:CENTer Front Panel Access: Shift-6 (Limit), Limit Move, Move Limit to Current Center Freq PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 105 Example: To set the limit envelope offset to 5dB: :CALCulate:LIMit:ENVelope:OFFSet 5 Front Panel Access: Shift-6 (Limit), Limit Envelope, Upper Offset (If limit is toggled to Upper) Shift-6 (Limit), Limit Envelope, Lower Offset (If limit is toggled to Lower) MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 106 Description: Updates limit envelope frequency. Note that this command is valid only if the limit envelope shape is set to a square. Use :CALCulate:LIMit:TYPe to set the currently active limit line. Example: To adjust the envelope frequency: :CALCulate:LIMit:ENVelope:UPDate:X PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 107 Description: Query whether the lower limit line has failed or not. The command returns a 0 on success, 1 on fail, and 2 if the lower limit line is OFF or the alarm is OFF. MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 108 Default Value: OFF Example: To turn on lower limit: :CALCulate:LIMit:LOWer ON :CALCulate:LIMit:LOWer 1 :CALCulate:LIMit:LOWer:STATe ON To turn off lower limit: :CALCulate:LIMit:LOWer OFF :CALCulate:LIMit:LOWer 0 :CALCulate:LIMit:LOWer:STATe 0 Related Command: :CALCulate:LIMit:ALARm Front Panel Access: Shift-6 (Limit), Limit Alarm PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 109 2 limit points. Use :CALCulate:LIMit:TYPe to set the currently active limit line. Example: To delete the currently active limit point: :CALCulate:LIMit:POINt:DELete Front Panel Access: Shift-6 (Limit), Limit Edit, Delete Point MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 110 To set the active point to 2.5 seconds (In zero span): :CALCulate:LIMit:POINt:X 2.5 :CALCulate:LIMit:POINt:X 2.5s To set the active point to 25 us (In zero span): :CALCulate:LIMit:POINt:X 25us Front Panel Access: Shift-6 (Limit), Limit Edit, Frequency PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 111 Parameter: 0|1 (0 = upper limit line, 1 = lower limit line) Parameter Type: number Default Value: 0 (upper) Range: 0|1 Example: To set the active limit line to upper: :CALCulate:LIMit:TYPe 0 Front Panel Access: Shift-6 (Limit), Limit MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 112 To avoid missing a failing condition, send the command after completing a single sweep. :CALCulate:LIMit:UPPer:POINt? Title: Number of Upper Limit Points Description: Returns the number of points currently in the upper limit line. Default Value: 2 Related Command: :CALCulate:LIMit:POINt? 6-10 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 113 Note that this will change the Move Limit on the front panel to Limit if it is currently set to Point. Parameter: <value> Default Unit: Current y-axis unit. Related Command: :CALCulate:LIMit:Y :CALCulate:LIMit:TYPe Front Panel Access: Shift-6 (Limit), Limit Edit, Amplitude MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-11...
Page 114 To move the limit and set active point to 2.5 seconds (In zero span): :CALCulate:LIMit:X 2.5 :CALCulate:LIMit:X 2.5s To move the limit and set active point to 25 µs (In zero span): :CALCulate:LIMit:X 25µs Front Panel Access: Shift-6 (Limit), Limit Edit, Frequency 6-12 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 115 ON and returns a 0 if OFF. Use :CALCulate:LIMit:TYPe to set the currently active limit line. Parameter: OFF|ON|0|1 Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: OFF Example: To turn on the currently selected limit line: :CALCulate:LIMit ON :CALCulate:LIMit:STATe ON :CALCulate:LIMit:STATe 1 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-13...
Page 116 Note: Marker Table Large mode is not supported with this command. Parameter: OFF|ON Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: OFF Example: To turn on marker table: :CALCulate:MARKer:TABLe ON Front Panel Access: Marker, More, Marker Table 6-14 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 117 To turn on marker noise for delta marker #2: :CALCulate:MARKer2:DELTa:NOISe ON :CALCulate:MARKer2:DELTa:NOISe 1 :CALCulate:MARKer2:DELTa:NOISe:STATe ON To turn off marker noise #5: :CALCulate:MARKer5:DELTa:NOISe OFF :CALCulate:MARKer5:DELTa:NOISe 0 :CALCulate:MARKer5:DELTa:NOISe:STATe OFF Front Panel Access: Marker, More, Marker Noise MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-15...
Page 118 Note that this command is valid only if delta marker is on. Example: To set the span to the value of delta marker #4: :CALCulate:MARKer4:DELTa:SPAN Front Panel Access: Marker, More Peak Options, Delta Marker to Span 6-16 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 119 This command is not valid in zero span. Parameter: OFF|ON|0|1 Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: OFF Example: To turn on frequency counter for reference marker # 2: :CALCulate:MARKer2:FCOunt ON :CALCulate:MARKer2:FCOunt 1 Front Panel Access: Marker, More, Counter Marker MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-17...
Page 120 The command uses the existing peak threshold values to determine what is a peak and what is not. Related Command: :CALCulate:MARKer:PEAK:THReshold Front Panel Access: None 6-18 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 121 Default Unit: Hz or seconds if in zero span Example: To set reference marker #2 to 5 hertz on the x-axis: :CALCulate:MARKer2:X 5 :CALCulate:MARKer2:X 5Hz To set reference marker #1 to 1.5 GHz on the x-axis: :CALCulate:MARKer:X 1.5GHz :CALCulate:MARKer1:X 1.5GHz MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-19...
Page 122 :CALCulate:MARKer{1|2|3|4|5|6}[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 :CALCulate:MARKer{1|2|3|4|5|6}[:STATe]? Title: Marker State Description: Sets the specified marker on/off. Parameter: OFF|ON|0|1 Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: OFF Example: To turn off reference marker #1: :CALCulate:MARKer1:STATe OFF Front Panel Access: Marker, On/Off 6-20 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 123: Configure Subsystem
(:INITiate:CONTinuous OFF). Measurement settings can be modified by using the [:SENSe]:CHPower commands before initiating a sweep. Note that this measurement is not valid in zero span. Related Command: [:SENSe]:CHPower:STATe :SENSe:CHPower:BANDwidth|BWIDth:INTegration MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-21...
Page 124 99%. Sets the instrument to single sweep mode (:INITiate:CONTinuous OFF). Measurement settings can be modified by using the [:SENSe]:OBWidth commands before initiating a sweep. Note that this measurement is not valid in zero span. Related Command: [:SENSe]:OBWidth:STATe [:SENSe]:OBWidth:METHod [:SENSe]:OBWidth:PERCent [:SENSe]:OBWidth:XDB 6-22 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 125: Display Subsystem
Range: With reference level offset = 0 dB: 30 dBm to –150 dBm Example: To set the reference level to 15dBm (If y-axis is dBm) :DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:Y:SCALe:RLEVel 15 :DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:Y:SCALe:RLEVel 15dBm Related Command: :DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:RLEVel:OFFset Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Reference Level MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-23...
Page 126 Title: Reference Level Offset Description: Sets the reference level offset value for the y-axis. Parameter: <rel ampl> Default Value: 0 dB Default Unit: dB Range: –99.9 dB to +99.9 dB Front Panel Access: Amplitude, RL Offset 6-24 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 127: Fetch Subsystem
-230. This could occur if there was a *RST immediately before the :FETCh? or if a measurement parameter was changed without an :INITiate. Default Unit: Current amplitude units MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-25...
Page 128 :FETCh? or if a measurement parameter was changed without an :INITiate. Data is returned as 3 comma-separated values: occupied bandwidth, percent of power, dB down. Default Unit: OBW in Hz, Percent of Power in %, dB Down in dB 6-26 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 129: Format Subsystem
(4 for both INTeger,32 and REAL,32Ötherefore 2204/4, and 8 for REAL,64) to get the number of data points (in this example, 551). Parameter: ASCii|INTeger,32|REAL,[<length>] Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: ASCii Related Command: :TRACe[:DATA] MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-27...
Page 130: Initiate Subsystem
OFF is not allowed. The instrument must be allowed to make a full sweep before toggling can be done. Parameter: OFF|ON|0|1 Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: ON Related Command: :INITiate[:IMMediate] Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep), Sweep (Single/Continuous) 6-28 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 131 Title: Save On Sweep Complete Description: When set to ON, measurement data is automatically saved after each sweep is completed. Default Value: OFF Related Command: :MMEMory:STORe:TRACe Front Panel Access: Shift-7 (File), Save On Event, ...Sweep Complete MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-29...
Page 132 Description: When set to ON, stops the sweep after a measurement is saved. If this setting is Off and Sweep Complete is On, a measurement is saved after every sweep. Default Value: OFF Related Command: :MMEMory:STORe:TRACe Front Panel Access: Shift-7 (File), Save On Event, Save Then Stop 6-30 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 133: Measure Subsystem
Data is returned as 5 comma-separated values: main channel power, lower adjacent channel power, upper adjacent channel power, lower alternate channel power, upper alternate channel power. Default Unit: Current amplitude units Related Command: :CONFigure:ACPower MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-31...
Page 134 :CONFigure:CHPower. To make a channel power measurement with settings other than the default values, send: :CONFigure:CHPower Commands to set desired settings :READ:CHPower:CHPower? Default Unit: Current amplitude units Related Command: :MEASure:CHPower? :MEASure:CHPower:DENSity? :CONFigure:CHPower 6-32 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 135 Send the :MEASure:IQ:GET? query to retrieve the acquired IQ waveform data. Parameter: SINGle|REMote Related Command: :MEASure:IQ:GET? :SENSe:IQ:LENgth :SENSe:IQ:SAMPlerate Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Meas), IQ Waveform Capture, Start Capture MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-33...
Page 136 Data is returned as 3 comma-separated values: occupied bandwidth, percent of power, dB down. Default Unit: For OBW: Hz For Percent of Power: % For dB Down: dB Related Command: :CONFigure:OBWidth :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum 6-34 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 137: Mmemory Subsystem
(“ ”) and should not contain a file extension. Use the command MMEMory:MSIS to set the current save location. Parameter: <filename> Related Command: :MMEMory:MSIS INTernal|USB Front Panel Access: Shift-7 (File), Save, Change Type, (select Limit Line from list) MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-35...
Page 138: Read Subsystem
:READ:CHPower? to get both channel power and channel power density. The channel power measurement must be the active measurement (specified by :CONFigure:CHPower). The current measurement can be queried using :CONFigure? command. Default Unit: Current amplitude units Related Command: :READ:CHPower? :READ:CHPower:CHPower? :CONFigure 6-36 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 139 :CONFigure? Data is returned as 3 comma-separated values: occupied bandwidth, percent of power, dB down. Default Unit: For OBW: Hz For Percent of Power: % For dB Down: dB Related Command: :CONFigure MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-37...
Page 140: Trace Subsystem
:TRACe:COPY TRACE1,Trace3 :TRACe:EXCHange TRACE2,TRACE3 Title: Trace Exchange Description: Swaps Trace B and Trace C. Parameter: TRACE2,TRACE3 Parameter Type: <char> Front Panel Access: Shift-5 (Trace), Trace B Operations, B<->C Shift-5 (Trace), Trace C Operations, B<->C 6-38 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 141 Valid parameter names are listed in “Spectrum Analyzer Parameter Names” on page 2-21. Parameter: [1]|2|3 Range: 1|2|3 Front Panel Access: NA MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-39...
Page 142 The query command will return a #0 if data is invalid for the active trace. Parameter: {1|2|3},(<header><block>) Related Command: :FORMat:DATA :TRACe[:DATA]:PREamble? 6-40 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 143 OFF for Trace C Example: To set Trace A to Blank: :TRACe:DISPlay OFF :TRACe1:DISPlay 0 To set Trace B to View: :TRACe2:DISPlay ON :TRACe2:DISPlay:STATe ON :TRACe2:DISPlay 1 Front Panel Access: Shift-5 (Trace), View/Blank MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-41...
Page 144 Example: To set Trace A to Hold: :TRACe:WRITe:STATe OFF :TRACe:WRITe OFF OR :TRACe:WRITe 0 To set Trace C to Write: :TRACe3:WRITe ON :TRACe3:WRITe:STATe ON :TRACe3:WRITe 1 Related Command: :TRACe:DATA Front Panel Access: Shift-5 (Trace), Write/Hold 6-42 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 145 The query version of the command returns the current operation mode or “NONE” if no operation is set. Parameter: MAXHold|MINHold Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: None Range: MAXHold|MINHold MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-43...
Page 146 B and trace A values in trace C. The query version of the command returns the current operation mode or “NONE” if no operation is set. Parameter: MAXHold|MINHold|A-B|B-A Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: None Range: MAXHold|MINHold|A-B|B-A 6-44 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 147: Trigger Subsystem
Range: –100% to +200% (–1 ms to +2 ms) Example: To set the delay to 1 ms: :TRIGger:SEQuence:VIDeo:DELay 1 ms To set the delay to 1 %: :TRIGger:SEQuence:VIDeo:DELay 1 Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep), Triggering, Delay MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-45...
Page 148 The graph appearing to the right of the trigger position is data acquired after the trigger. Parameter: <percentage> Default Value: 1 Default Unit: % Range: 0% to 100% Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep), Triggering, Delay 6-46 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 149: Unit Subsystem
Note that linear units are not operational with SPA V3.06. The set command is non-operational with SPA V3.06 as well. Parameter: DBM|DBV|DBMV|DBUV|V|W Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: dBm Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Units, Unit of Measure MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-47...
Page 150: Sense] Subsystem
Title: ACPR Channel Spacing Description: Sets the channel spacing for the ACPR measurement. Parameter: <freq> Default Value: 10.35 MHz Default Unit: Hz Range: 10 Hz to 7.1 GHz Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), ACPR, Ch Spacing 6-48 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 151 Title: Number of Traces to Average Description: Sets the number of traces to average. Parameter: <integer> Parameter Type: <integer> Default Value: 10 Range: 2 to 65535 Front Panel Access: Shift-5 (Trace), Trace A Operations, # of Averages MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-49...
Page 152 Description: Sets the video bandwidth. Note that using this command turns the automatic video bandwidth setting OFF. Parameter: <freq> Default Value: 3 MHz Default Unit: Hz Range: 1 Hz to 10 MHz in a 1:3 sequence Related Command: [:SENSe]:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:AUTO Front Panel Access: BW, VBW 6-50 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 153 Related Command: [:SENSe]:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:AUTO Front Panel Access: BW, RBW/VBW (note that this is the inverse ratio) [:SENSe]:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:TYPE LOGarithmic|LINear [:SENSe]:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:TYPE? Title: VBW/Average Type Description: Changes the VBW/Average type. Default Value: LINear Front Panel Access: BW, VBW/Average Type MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-51...
Page 154 The default value is ON. That is, sending :SENS:BAND:RES:AUTO is equivalent to sending :SENS:BAND:RES:AUTO ON. Parameter: OFF|ON|0|1 Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: ON Related Command: [:SENSe]:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]:RATio Front Panel Access: BW, Auto RBW 6-52 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 155 Description: Sets the state of the channel power measurement, ON or OFF. When using :CONFigure:CHPower, the state is automatically set to ON. Parameter: OFF|ON|0|1 Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: OFF Related Command: :CONFigure:ACPower Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), ACPR, On/Off MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-53...
Page 156 (dBm vs. dBV vs. Volts, etc.). If the value of <integer> is 50, no correction is performed. If the value of <integer> is 75, correction is done based on Anritsu adapter 12N50-75B. To place the instrument in Other or offset mode, send a 2. Once in the “Other” mode, the command, [:SENSe]:CORRection:IMPedance[:INPut]:OFFSet, can be used to adjust the offset.
Page 157 Range: 0 Hz and 10 Hz to 7.099 GHz Front Panel Access: Freq, Center Freq [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:CHANnel <number> [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:CHANnel? Title: Channel Selection Description: Sets the channel number for the selected signal standard. Parameter: <number> Front Panel Access: Frequency, Channel MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-55...
Page 158 Signal Standard submenu button in the Freq menu. The list can also be downloaded remotely and viewed using Anritsu Master Software Tools. For example, if the desired Signal Standard is P-GSM 900 - Uplink, then the value of the <string>...
Page 159 Title: Frequency Step Description: Sets the frequency step to the given frequency value. Parameter: <freq> Default Value: 1 MHz Default Unit: Hz Range: 1 Hz to 7.1 GHz Front Panel Access: Freq, Freq Step MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-57...
Page 160 Description: Sets the state of the field strength measurement, ON or OFF. When using :CONFigure:FSTRength, the state is automatically set to ON. Parameter: OFF|ON|0|1 Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: OFF Related Command: :CONFigure:CHPower Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), Field Strength, On/Off 6-58 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 161 Issue command [:SENSe]:OBWidth:PERCent to set the percentage to be used. Parameter: XDB|PERCent Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: PERCent Related Command: [:SENSe]:OBWidth:XDB [:SENSe]:OBWidth:PERCent Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), OCC BW, Method, % Int Pwr|> dBc MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-59...
Page 162 This value is used in the measurement if :SENSe:OBWidth:METHod is set to XDB. Parameter: <rel ampl> Default Value: 3 dBc Default Unit: dBc Range: 0 to 100 dBc Related Command: [:SENSe]:OBWidth:METHod Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), OCC BW, dBc 6-60 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 163 Description: Sets the input attenuation. Note that issuing this command will set the automatic input attenuation OFF. Parameter: <rel ampl> Default Value: 30 dB Default Unit: dB Range: 0 dB to 65 dB Related Command: [:SENSe]:POWer[:RF]:ATTenuation:AUTO Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Atten Lvl MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-61...
Page 164 Performance - Medium sweep speed; all specifications are met No FFT - Slowest mode; suited for analog and pulse modulated signals Burst - Fast sweep speed; suited for detecting short bursts Default Value: FAST Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep), Sweep Mode 6-62 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 165 Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep), Auto Sweep Time [:SENSe]:SWEep:TRACe? Title: Trace Count Description: Returns a string with two integers representing the current trace’s average count and the total number of trace averages. Front Panel Access: None MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 6-63...
Page 166 6-14 [:SENSe] Subsystem Spectrum Analyzer Commands 6-64 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 167: Chapter 7-Cdma Commands
:INITiate[:IMMediate] to trigger the next sweep. If :INITiate:CONTinuous is ON (i.e. the instrument is in continuous sweep mode), a new sweep will start immediately. Parameter: NA Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :INITiate[:IMMediate] MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 168: Calculate Subsystem
:CALCulate:MARKer{1|2|3|4|5|6}[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 :CALCulate:MARKer{1|2|3|4|5|6}[:STATe]? Title: Marker State Description: Sets the specified marker on/off. Parameter: OFF|ON|0|1 Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: OFF Example: To turn off reference marker #1: :CALCulate:MARKer1:STATe OFF Front Panel Access: Marker, On/Off PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 169: Configure Subsystem
Demodulator, then CDP from the front panel. When the CDPTable option is selected, the measurement results are equivalent to the results that are displayed by choosing Measurements, then Demodulator, then CDP Table from the front panel. Parameter: <char> Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 170 When the EMISsion option is selected, the measurement results are equivalent to the results that are displayed by choosing Measurements, then RF Measurements, then Spurious Emission from the front panel. Parameter: <char> Related Command: [:SENSe]:FREQuency PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 171: Display Subsystem
:DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:PDIVision <rel ampl> :DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:PDIVision? Title: Scale Description: Sets the scale (dB/division) for the y-axis. Parameter: <rel ampl> Default Value: 10 dB/div Default Unit: dB Range: 1 dB to 15 dB Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Scale/div MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 172: Fetch Subsystem
Tau values in ps, Channel Power in the current user set unit (dBm/W/mW), and Multipath Power in dB. All invalid values are replaced with “--”. Related Command: :CONFigure:OTA MPATh :MEASure:OTA:MPATh? :READ:OTA:MPATh? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, Multipath PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 173 Related Command: :CONFigure:RF ACPR :MEASure:RF:ACPR? :READ:RF:ACPR? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, ACPR MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 174 (dBm/W/mW), Occupied bandwidth in Hz, Channel Power in fW, and Peak to Average Power in dB. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum :MEASure:RF:SPECtrum? :READ:RF:SPECtrum? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Channel Spectrum PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 175: Format Subsystem
(4 for both INTeger,32 and REAL,32) to get the number of data points (in this example, 551). Parameter: ASCii|INTeger,32|REAL,32 Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: ASCii Related Command: :TRACe[:DATA] MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 176: Initiate Subsystem
The controlling program can poll :STATus:OPERation? to determine the status. When the “sweep complete” bit is set to 1, data is ready to be retrieved. Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :STATus:OPERation? Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep),Trigger Sweep 7-10 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 177: Measure Subsystem
Tau in ps, RMS Phase Error in deg, Frequency Error in Hz, Frequency Error PPM, Page in dBm, Sync in dBm, and Q Page. All invalid values are replaced with “--”. Default Unit: dBm Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod CDPower :READ:DEMod:CDPower? FETCh:DEMod:CDPower? MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 7-11...
Page 178 PFail and :READ:PFail? To make a PASS/FAIL measurement with settings other than the default values, send: :CONFigure PFail Commands to set desired settings :READ:PFail? Related Command: :CONFigure PFail READ:PFail? FETCh:PFail? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Pass/Fail Mode 7-12 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 179 Note that the values for all five main channel carriers are shown even if the number of carriers set on the instrument is below five. Related Command: :READ:RF:ACPR? :CONFigure:RF ACPR :FETCh:RF:ACPR? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, ACPR MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 7-13...
Page 180 Markers that are not on will return “--” for Marker Amplitude, Marker Frequency, RBW, and Pass/Fail. Mask Boundary Frequency will show normally despite the corresponding marker being off. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF EMISsion :READ:RF:EMISsion? :FETCh:RF:EMISsion? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Spurious Emission 7-14 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 181 (dBm/W/mW), Occupied bandwidth in Hz, Channel Power in fW, and Peak to Average Power in dB. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum :READ:RF:SPECtrum? :FETCh:RF:SPECtrum? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Channel Spectrum MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 7-15...
Page 182: Read Subsystem
Frequency Error PPM, Page in dBm, Sync in dBm, and Q Page. All invalid values are replaced with “--”. Default Unit: dBm Related Command: CONFigure:DEMod CDPower :MEASure:DEMod:CDPower? :FETCh:DEMod:CDPower? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator, CDP 7-16 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 183 :ABORT, :INITiate, and FETCh:PFail? The PASS/FAIL measurement must be active. The current measurement can be queried using :CONFigure? Related Command: :FETCh:PFail? :CONFigure PFail :MEASure:PFail? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Pass/Fail Mode MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 7-17...
Page 184 Hz. Markers that are not on will return “--” for Marker Amplitude, Marker Frequency, RBW, and Pass/Fail. All Mask Boundary Frequencies will show normally. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF EMISsion :MEASure:RF:EMISsion? :FETCh:RF:EMISsion? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Spurious Emission 7-18 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 185 (dBm/W/mW), Occupied bandwidth in Hz, Channel Power in fW, and Peak to Average Power in dB. Related Command: :FETCh:RF:SPECtrum? :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum :MEASure:RF:SPECtrum? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Channel Spectrum MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 7-19...
Page 186: Trace Subsystem
Parameters are returned in comma-delimited ASCII format. Each parameter is returned as “NAME=VALUE[ UNITS],” Valid parameter names are shown in “CDMA Parameter Names” on page 2-32. Parameter: <trace type> Related Command: :TRACe:DATA? 7-20 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 187 0 (Noise, Grey), 1 (Primary, Blue), and 2 (Secondary, Red), or. The second value is the Ec/Io returned in dB. The third value is Tau returned in s. All three values are the same and are 4 bytes each. MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 7-21...
Page 188 7-10 :TRACe Subsystem CDMA Commands Note that the instrument must be set in the selected view. Use the CONFigure command to set the unit to the selected view. Parameter: <trace type> Related Command: :FORMat[:DATA] :TRACe[:DATA]:PREamble? 7-22 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 189: Trigger Subsystem
PN Type is set to “EXT”. Parameter: RISing|FALLing Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: RISing Default Unit: NA Range: RISing, FALLing Related Command: [:SENSe]:PN:TRIGger [:SENSe]:PN:TRIGger? Front Panel Access: Setup, Ext Trig Polarity MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 7-23...
Page 190: Unit Subsystem
:UNIT:POWer dBM|W :UNIT:POWer? Description: Sets the default amplitude units for input, output and display. Parameter: DBM|W Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: dBm Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Unit 7-24 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 191: Sense] Subsystem
Description: Sets the zoom for the Code Domain Power measurement. The query form returns either 16, 32, or 64. Parameter: 16|32|64 Default Value: 16 Range: 16, 32, 64 Related Command: [:SENSe]:DEMod:CDPower:ZOOM:STARt [:SENSe]:DEMod:CDPower:ZOOM:STARt? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator, CDP, Zoom MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 7-25...
Page 192 Range: 1 MHz to 2.7 GHz Front Panel Access: Freq, Center Freq [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:CHANnel <number> [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:CHANnel? Title: Channel Selection Description: Sets the channel number for the selected signal standard. Parameter: <number> Front Panel Access: Freq, Channel 7-26 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 193 Signal Standard submenu button in the Freq menu. The list can also be downloaded remotely and viewed using Anritsu Master Software Tools. For example, if the desired Signal Standard is P-GSM 900 - Uplink then the value of the <string>...
Page 194 “GPS”, or “EXT”. Parameter: 1|0|ON|OFF Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: ON Range: ON, OFF Related Command: [:SENSe]:PN:TRIGger [:SENSe]:PN:TRIGger? [:SENSe]:PN:OFFSet [:SENSe]:PN:OFFSet? Front Panel Access: Setup, PN Setup, PN Trigger (GPS|Ext), PN Search Type 7-28 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 195 Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Auto Range [:SENSe]:POWer[:RF]:RANGe[:IMMediate] Title: Amplitude Range Description: Recalculates amplitude range. Note that issuing this command will set the automatic dynamic range OFF. Related Command: [:SENSe]:POWer[:RF]:RANGe:AUTO Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Adjust Range MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 7-29...
Page 196 Range: FAST, NORM, SLOW Front Panel Access: Setup, Meas Speed [:SENSe]:WCODe 64|128 [:SENSe]:WCODe? Title: Walsh Codes Description: Sets the Walsh codes. Parameter: 64|128 Default Value: 128 Range: 64, 128 Front Panel Access: Setup, Walsh Codes 7-30 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 197: Chapter 8-Ev-Do Commands
:INITiate[:IMMediate] to trigger the next sweep. If :INITiate:CONTinuous is ON (i.e. the instrument is in continuous sweep mode), a new sweep will start immediately. Parameter: NA Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :INITiate[:IMMediate] MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 198: Calculate Subsystem
:CALCulate:MARKer{1|2|3|4|5|6}[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 :CALCulate:MARKer{1|2|3|4|5|6}[:STATe]? Title: Marker State Description: Sets the specified marker on/off. Parameter: OFF|ON|0|1 Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: OFF Example: To turn off reference marker #1: :CALCulate:MARKer1:STATe OFF Front Panel Access: Marker, On/Off PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 199: Configure Subsystem
CDPData option is selected, the measurement results are equivalent to the results that are displayed by choosing Measurements, then Demodulator, then CDP Data from the front panel. Parameter: <char> Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 200 RF, then Spurious Emission from the front panel. When the PVTime option is selected, the measurement results are equivalent to the results that are displayed by choosing Measurements, then RF, then Power vs. Time from the front panel. Parameter: <char> Related Command: [:SENSe]:FREQuency PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 201: Display Subsystem
:DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:PDIVision <rel ampl> :DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:PDIVision? Title: Scale Description: Sets the scale (dB/division) for the y-axis. Parameter: <rel ampl> Default Value: 10 dB/div Default Unit: dB Range: 1 dB to 15 dB Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Scale/div MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 202: Fetch Subsystem
(dBm/W/mW), Frequency Error in Hz, Frequency Error PPM, Rho Pilot, Rho Overall1, Data Modulation, and Noise Floor in dB. All invalid values are replaced with “--”. Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod CDPMac :MEASure:DEMod:CDPMac? :READ:DEMod:CDPMac? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator, CDP MAC PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 203 Overall1, Rho Overall2, Data Modulation, Noise Floor in dB, RMS Phase Error, Frequency Error in Hz, Tau in tens of microseconds. All invalid values are replaced with “--”. Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod SUMMary :MEASure:DEMod:SUMMary? :READ:DEMod:SUMMary? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator, Modulation Summary MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 204 (“--”). To receive valid measurements, the Pass/Fail measurement must be the active. The current measurement can be queried using CONFigure?. Use the :CONFigure PFail command to set Pass/Fail as the active measurement. Related Command: MEASure:PFail? :CONFigure PFail READ:PFail? PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 205 Hz. Markers that are not on will return “--” for Marker Amplitude, Marker Frequency, RBW, and Pass/Fail. All Mask Boundary Frequencies will show normally. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF EMISsion :MEASure:RF:EMISsion? :READ:RF:EMISsion? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Spurious Emission MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 206 Power. All invalid values are replaced with “--”. Power units are in watt or dBm as per what is set by the user. Frequency is always in Hz. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SUMMary :MEASure:RF:SUMMary? :READ:RF:SUMMary? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, RF Summary 8-10 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 207: Format Subsystem
(4 for both INTeger,32 and REAL,32) to get the number of data points (in this example, 551). Parameter: ASCii|INTeger,32|REAL,32 Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: ASCii Related Command: :TRACe[:DATA] MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 8-11...
Page 208: Initiate Subsystem
The controlling program can poll :STATus:OPERation? to determine the status. When the “sweep complete” bit is set to 1, data is ready to be retrieved. Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :STATus:OPERation? Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep),Trigger Sweep 8-12 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 209: Measure Subsystem
Rho Overall1, Max Data CDP in dB, and Min Data CDP in dB. All invalid values are replaced with “--”. Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod CDPData :READ:DEMod:CDPData? :FETCh:DEMod:CDPData? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator, CDP Data MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 8-13...
Page 210 (dBm/W/mW), Frequency Error in Hz, Frequency Error PPM, Rho Pilot, Rho Overall1, Data Modulation, and Noise Floor in dB. All invalid values are replaced with “--”. Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod CDPMac :READ:DEMod:CDPMac? :FETCh:DEMod:CDPMac? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator, CDP MAC 8-14 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 211 Overall1, Rho Overall2, Data Modulation, Noise Floor in dB, RMS Phase Error, Frequency Error in Hz, Tau in tens of microseconds. All invalid values are replaced with “--”. Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod SUMMary :READ:DEMod:SUMMary? :FETCh:DEMod:SUMMary? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator, Modulation Summary MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 8-15...
Page 212 :CONFigure PFail and :READ:PFail? To make a PASS/FAIL measurement with settings other than the default values, send: :CONFigure PFail Commands to set desired settings :READ:PFail? Related Command: :CONFigure PFail READ:PFail? FETCh:PFail? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Pass/Fail mode 8-16 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 213 Note that the values for all five main channel carriers are shown even if the number of carriers set on the instrument is below five. Related Command: :READ:RF:ACPR? :CONFigure:RF ACPR :FETCh:RF:ACPR? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, ACPR MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 8-17...
Page 214 (dBm/W/mW), Occupied bandwidth in Hz, Channel Power in fW, and Peak to Average Power in dB. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum :READ:RF:SPECtrum? :FETCh:RF:SPECtrum? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Channel Spectrum 8-18 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 215 Power. All invalid values are replaced with “--”. Power units are in watt or dBm as per what is set by the user. Frequency is always in Hz. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SUMMary :READ:RF:SUMMary? :FETCh:RF:SUMMary? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, RF Summary MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 8-19...
Page 216: Read Subsystem
:ABORT, :INITiate, and FETCh:PFail? The PASS/FAIL measurement must be active. The current measurement can be queried using :CONFigure? Related Command: :MEASure:PFail? :CONFigure PFail :FETCh:PFail? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Pass/Fail Mode 8-20 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 217 Hz. Markers that are not on will return “--” for Marker Amplitude, Marker Frequency, RBW, and Pass/Fail. All Mask Boundary Frequencies will show normally. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF EMISsion :MEASure:RF:EMISsion? :FETCh:RF:EMISsion? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Spurious Emission MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 8-21...
Page 218 Power. All invalid values are replaced with “--”. Power units are in watt or dBm as per what is set by the user. Frequency is always in Hz. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SUMMary :READ:RF:SUMMary? :FETCh:RF:SUMMary? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, RF Summary 8-22 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 219: Trace Subsystem
Parameters are returned in comma-delimited ASCII format. Each parameter is returned as “NAME=VALUE[ UNITS],” Valid parameter names are shown in “EVDO Parameter Names” on page 2-34. Parameter: <trace type> Related Command: :TRACe:DATA? MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 8-23...
Page 220 The fourth value is the type, which is defined in the following. Return Value Signal Type Color Noise Grey IS95 Traffic Yellow CDMA2000 Traffic Orange CDMA2000 Traffic Orange Pilot Sync Blue Page Green Q Page Purple 8-24 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 221 4 bytes each. Note that the instrument must be set in the selected view. Use the CONFigure command to set the unit to the selected view. Parameter: <trace type> Related Command: :FORMat[:DATA] :TRACe[:DATA]:PREamble? MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 8-25...
Page 222: Trigger Subsystem
PN Type is set to “EXT”. Parameter: RISing|FALLing Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: RISing Default Unit: NA Range: RISing, FALLing Related Command: [:SENSe]:PN:TRIGger [:SENSe]:PN:TRIGger? Front Panel Access: Setup, Ext Trig Polarity 8-26 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 223: Unit Subsystem
:UNIT:POWer dBM|W :UNIT:POWer? Title: Measurement Units Description: Sets the default amplitude units for input, output and display. Parameter: DBM|W Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: dBm Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Unit MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 8-27...
Page 224: Sense] Subsystem
Description: Sets the zoom for the Code Domain Power measurement. The query form returns either 16, 32, or 64. Parameter: 16|32|64 Default Value: 16 Range: 16, 32, 64 Related Command: [:SENSe]:DEMod:CDPower:ZOOM:STARt [:SENSe]:DEMod:CDPower:ZOOM:STARt? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator, CDP MAC, Zoom 8-28 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 225 Range: 5 MHz to 2.7 GHz Front Panel Access: Freq, Center Freq [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:CHANnel <number> [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:CHANnel? Title: Channel Selection Description: Sets the channel number for the selected signal standard. Parameter: <number> Front Panel Access: Freq, Channel MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 8-29...
Page 226 The list can be displayed on the instrument by choosing the Signal Standard submenu button in the Freq menu. The list can also be downloaded remotely and viewed using Anritsu Master Software Tools. For example, if the desired Signal Standard is P-GSM 900 - Uplink then the value of the <string>...
Page 227 “GPS”, or “Ext”. Parameter: 1|0|ON|OFF Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: 1 Range: ON, OFF Related Command: [:SENSe]:PN:TRIGger [:SENSe]:PN:TRIGger? [:SENSe]:PN:OFFSet [:SENSe]:PN:OFFSet? Front Panel Access: Setup, PN Setup (GPS|Ext), PN Search Type MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 8-31...
Page 228 Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Auto Range [:SENSe]:POWer[:RF]:RANGe[:IMMediate] Title: Amplitude Range Description: Recalculates amplitude range. Note that issuing this command will set the automatic dynamic range OFF. Related Command: [:SENSe]:POWer[:RF]:RANGe:AUTO Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Adjust Range 8-32 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 229 Range: FAST, NORM, SLOW Front Panel Access: Setup, Meas Speed [:SENSe]:WCODe 64|128 [:SENSe]:WCODe? Title: Walsh Codes Description: Sets the Walsh codes. Parameter: 64|128 Default Value: 128 Range: 64, 128 Front Panel Access: Setup, Walsh Codes MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 8-33...
Page 230 8-13 [:SENSe] Subsystem EV-DO Commands 8-34 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 231: Chapter 9-Wcdma Commands
:INITiate[:IMMediate] to trigger the next sweep. If :INITiate:CONTinuous is ON (i.e. the instrument is in continuous sweep mode), a new sweep will start immediately. Parameter: NA Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :INITiate[:IMMediate] MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 232: Calculate Subsystem
Front Panel Access: Marker, Marker [1/2/3/4/5/6] :CALCulate:MARKer{1|2|3|4|5|6}:Y? Title: Marker Read Y Value Description: Reads the current Y value for the specified marker. The units are the units of the y-axis. Default Unit: Current y-axis unit PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 233: Mt8220T Pm Pn: 10580-00367 Rev. E
:CALCulate:MARKer{1|2|3|4|5|6}[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 :CALCulate:MARKer{1|2|3|4|5|6}[:STATe]? Title: Marker State Description: Sets the specified marker on/off. Parameter: OFF|ON|0|1 Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: OFF Example: To turn off reference marker #1: :CALCulate:MARKer1:STATe OFF Front Panel Access: Marker, On/Off MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 234: Configure Subsystem
They will not switch to another measurement. To get new measurement data, use the READ command. Parameter: SUMMARY|PFail Parameter Type: <char> PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 235 [:SENSe]:OTA commands before initiating a measurement. The measurement results are equivalent to the results that are displayed by choosing Measurements, then OTA from the front panel. Related Command: [:SENSe]:OTA:RESet [:SENSe]:OTA:SCODe [:SENSe]:OTA:SORT MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 236 BANDspectrum option is selected, the measurement results are equivalent to the results that are displayed by choosing Measurements, then RF Measurements, then Band Spectrum from the front panel. Parameter: <char> Related Command: [:SENSe]:FREQuency [:SENSe]:RF:ACLR:MAINchannelcount [:SENSe]:RF:ACLR:ADJCchannelcount PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 237: Display Subsystem
:DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:PDIVision <rel ampl> :DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:PDIVision? Title: Scale Description: Sets the scale (dB/division) for the y-axis. Parameter: <rel ampl> Default Value: 10 dB/div Default Unit: dB Range: 1 dB to 15 dB Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Scale MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 238: Fetch Subsystem
-230. This could occur if there was a *RST immediately before the :FETCh? or if a measurement parameter was changed without an :INITiate. Default Unit: dBm Related Command: :FETCh:CHPower:CHPower? :FETCh:CHPower:DENSity? PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 239 -230. This could occur if there was a *RST immediately before the :FETCh? or if a measurement parameter was changed without an :INITiate. Data is returned as a single value representing the total number of active channels. Default Unit: No Units MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 240 -230. This could occur if there was a *RST immediately before the :FETCh? or if a measurement parameter was changed without an :INITiate. Data is returned as a single value representing the RMS error vector magnitude Default Unit: % 9-10 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 241 –230. This could occur if there was a *RST immediately before the :FETCh? or if a measurement parameter was changed without an :INITiate. Data is returned as a single value representing the frequency error. Default Unit: Hertz MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-11...
Page 242 :FETCh? or if a measurement parameter was changed without an :INITiate. Data is returned as a single value representing the HSDPA carrier frequency. Default Unit: Hertz Related Command: :MEASure:DEMod:HSDPa:TXFRequency? :READ:DEMod:HSDPa:TXFRequency? 9-12 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 243 *RST immediately before the :FETCh? or if a measurement parameter was changed without an :INITiate. Data is returned as 3 comma-delimited values: SCH power, PSCH power, SSCH power. Default Unit: dBm MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-13...
Page 244 –230. This could occur if there was a *RST immediately before the :FETCh? or if a measurement parameter was changed without an :INITiate. Data is returned as a single value representing the carrier frequency. Default Unit: Hertz 9-14 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 245 *RST immediately before the :FETCh? or if a measurement parameter was changed without an :INITiate. Data is returned as a single value indicating the PASS/FAIL status of the spectral emission mask measurement (PASS = 0, FAIL = 1). Default Unit: No units MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-15...
Page 246 Template 0: Power >= 43 dBm Template 1: 43 dBm > Power >= 39 dBm Template 2: 39 dBm > Power >= 31 dBm Template 3: Power < 31 dBm Default Unit: No units 9-16 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 247 (1 to 6), the returned string will contain a series of 3 dashes “---” instead of the numeric results. Default Unit: Scrambling Code: No units CPICH power: dBm EC/I0: dB Chip Energy: dBm Pilot dominance: No units MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-17...
Page 248 If the instrument is not sweeping and the current data is not valid it will return error –230. This could occur if there was a *RST immediately before the :FETCh? or if a measurement parameter was changed without an :INITiate. Default Unit: dB 9-18 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 249 All invalid values are replaced with “--”. Power units are in watt or dBm as per what is set by the user. Frequency is always in Hz. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SUMMary :MEASure:RF:SUMMary? :READ:RF:SUMMary? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, RF Summary MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-19...
Page 250: Format Subsystem
(4 for both INTeger,32 and REAL,32) to get the number of data points (in this example, 551). Parameter: ASCii|INTeger,32|REAL,32 Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: ASCii Related Command: :TRACe[:DATA] 9-20 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 251: Initiate Subsystem
:STATus:OPERation? to determine the status. When the “sweep complete” bit is set to 1, data is ready to be retrieved. Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :STATus:OPERation? Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep),Trigger Sweep MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-21...
Page 252: Measure Subsystem
Main channel power 1, Main channel power 2, Main channel power 3, Main channel power 4, +5 MHz channel power, +10 MHz channel power, +15 MHz channel power, +20 MHz channel power. Default Unit: dBm 9-22 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 253 :CONFigure:DEMod CDP Commands to set desired settings :READ:DEMod:CDPower? Results are returned as 4 comma-delimited values: CPICH power, PCCPCH power, PICH power, SCCPCH power. Default Unit: dBm Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod CDPower :READ:DEMod:CDPower? FETCh:DEMod:CDPower? MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-23...
Page 254 :CONFigure:DEMod CDP. To make a carrier feed through measurement with settings other than the default values, send: :CONFigure:DEMod CDP Commands to set desired settings :READ:DEMod:EVM? Default Unit: % Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod CDP 9-24 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 255 Commands to set desired settings :READ:DEMod:FERRor:PRECise? Note that this command is the same as :MEASure:DEMod:FERRor?, but returns the result with a precision of one-tenth Hertz. Default Unit: Hz Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod CDP :MEASure:DEMod:FERRor? MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-25...
Page 256 HSDPA measurement parameters, see :CONFigure:DEMod HSDPa. To make a frequency error measurement with settings other than the default values, send: :CONFigure:DEMod HSDPa Commands to set desired settings :READ:DEMod:HSDPa:FERRor:PPM? Related Command: :READ:DEMod:HSDPa:FERRor:PPM? :FETCh:DEMod:HSDPa:FERRor:PPM? :CONFigure:DEMod HSDPa 9-26 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 257 HSDPA measurement parameters, see :CONFigure:DEMod HSDPa. To make a transmitter frequency measurement with settings other than the default values, send: :CONFigure:DEMod HSDPa Commands to set desired settings :READ:DEMod:HSDPa:TXFRequency? Default Unit: Hz Related Command: :READ:DEMod:HSDPa:TXFRequency? :FETCh:DEMod:HSDPa:TXFRequency? :CONFigure:DEMod:HSDPa MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-27...
Page 258 :CONFigure:DEMod CDP. To make a channel count measurement with settings other than the default values, send: :CONFigure:DEMod HSDPa Commands to set desired settings :READ:DEMod:NUMChannels? Default Unit: dB Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod CDP 9-28 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 259 “--”. Power units are in watt or dBm as per what is set by the user. Frequency is always in Hz. Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod SUMMary :READ:DEMod:SUMMary? :FETCh:DEMod:SUMMary? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator, Modulation Summary MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-29...
Page 260 :CONFigure:DEMod CDP. To make a transmitter frequency measurement with settings other than the default values, send: :CONFigure:DEMod CDP Commands to set desired settings :READ:DEMod:TXFRequency? Default Unit: Hertz Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod CDP 9-30 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 261 Commands to set desired settings :READ:EMISsion:TEMPlate:DATA? For each frequency range, the data is returned as 3 comma-delimited values: Power Level in dBm, Frequency in Hz, and PASS/FAIL. Related Command: :READ:EMISsion:TEMPlate:DATA? :FETCh:EMISsion:TEMPlate:DATA? :CONFigure:RF EMISsion MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-31...
Page 262 :CONFigure:RF EMISsion Commands to set desired settings :READ:EMISsion? Results are returned as 2 comma-delimited values: pass/fail status, and template number. Related Command: :MEASure:EMISsion:FAIL? :MEASure:EMISsion:TEMPlate? 9-32 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 263 The measurement results are returned as 5 comma delimited values: scrambling code, CPICH power, chip energy, Ec/I0 ratio, pilot dominance. Default Unit: Scrambling Code: No units CPICH power: dBm Chip Energy: dBm EC/I0: dB Pilot dominance: No units Related Command: :CONFigure:OTA MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-33...
Page 264 :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum. To make a peak to average power measurement with settings other than the default values, send: :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum Commands to set desired settings :READ:PTAPower? Default Unit: dB Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum 9-34 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 265 Power units are in watt or dBm as per what is set by the user. Frequency is always in Hz. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SUMMary :READ:RF:SUMMary? :FETCh:RF:SUMMary? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, RF Summary MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-35...
Page 266: Mmemory Subsystem
ASCII text. The contents of the block data is the contents of a Pass/Fail test definition file. These files can be generated using the Pass/Fail Test Editor that is included with the Anritsu Master Software Tools Measurement Editor. For the latest Master Software Tools, visit the Anritsu website at http://www.anritsu.com.
Page 267: Read Subsystem
The channel power measurement must be the active measurement (specified by :CONFigure:CHPower). The current measurement can be queried using the :CONFigure? command. Default Unit: Current amplitude units Related Command: :READ:CHPower? :READ:CHPower:DENSity? :CONFigure MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-37...
Page 268 Description: Triggers a new measurement and returns the carrier feed through results. It is a combination of the commands :ABORT, :INITiate, and :FETCh:DEMod:CFTHrough? The carrier feed through measurement must be active. The current measurement can be queried using :CONFigure? Default Unit: dB 9-38 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 269 Description: Triggers a new measurement and returns the frequency error results. It is a combination of the commands :ABORT, :INITiate, and :FETCh:DEMod:FERRor? The frequency error measurement must be active. The current measurement can be queried using :CONFigure? Default Unit: Hertz Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-39...
Page 270 Description: Triggers a new measurement and returns the noise floor results. It is a combination of the commands :ABORT, :INITiate, and :FETCh:DEMod:NFLoor? The noise floor measurement must be active. The current measurement can be queried using :CONFigure? Default Unit: dB Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod 9-40 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 271 “--”. Power units are in watt or dBm as per what is set by the user. Frequency is always in Hz. Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod SUMMary :READ:DEMod:SUMMary? :FETCh:DEMod:SUMMary? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator, Modulation Summary MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-41...
Page 272 It is a combination of the commands :ABORT, :INITiate, and :FETCh:EMISsion:FAIL? The spectral emission mask measurement must be active. The current measurement can be queried using :CONFigure? Related Command: :CONFigure:RF EMISsion 9-42 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 273 :ABORT, :INITiate, and :FETCh:EMISsion? The spectral emission mask measurement must be active. The current measurement can be queried using :CONFigure? Results are returned as 2 comma-delimited values: pass/fail status, and template number. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF EMISsion MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-43...
Page 274 “--”. Power units are in watt or dBm as per what is set by the user. Frequency is always in Hz Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SUMMary :READ:RF:SUMMary? :FETCh:RF:SUMMary? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, RF Summary 9-44 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 275 It is a combination of the commands :ABORT, :INITiate, and :FETCh:PTAPower? The peak to average power measurement must be active. The current measurement can be queried using :CONFigure? Default Unit: dB Related Command: :CONFigure:RF MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-45...
Page 276: Trace Subsystem
Parameters are returned in comma-delimited ASCII format. Each parameter is returned as “NAME=VALUE[ UNITS],” Valid parameter names are shown in “WCDMA Parameter Names” on page 2-30. Parameter: <trace type> Related Command: :TRACe:DATA? 9-46 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 277 = QPSK, 2 = 16_QAM). Note that the instrument must be set in the selected view. Use the CONFigure command to set the unit to the selected view. Parameter: ACLR|SPECtrum|EMISsion|DEMod,(<header><block>) Parameter Type: <char> Related Command: :FORMat:DATA :TRACe[:DATA]:PREamble? MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-47...
Page 278: Sense] Subsystem
Front Panel Access: Setup, More, Freq Err Avg Cnt [:SENSe]:DEMod:CODogram:TIME <seconds> [:SENSe]:DEMod:CODogram:TIME? Title: Codogram Measurement Time Description: This command refers to the minimum elapsed time between successive codogram measurements. Parameter: <seconds> Default Value: 5 seconds Range: 5 seconds to 6000 seconds 9-48 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 279 Title: HSDPA IQ Persistence Description: Sets the number of samples before displaying the screen. Parameter: <integer> Parameter Type: <integer> Default Value: 1 Range: 1 to 48 Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator, HSDPA, IQ Persistence MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-49...
Page 280 Description: This command refers to the channelization code number of the PICH channel for W-CDMA code domain demodulation measurements. Parameter: <code number> Default Value: 16 Range: 0 to 255 Front Panel Access: Setup, PICH Code 9-50 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 281 When the auto scrambling code feature is turned on, this setting will be overwritten by the automatically detected value. Parameter: <scrambling code> Default Value: NA Range: 0 to 511 Front Panel Access: Setup, Manual Scrambling Code MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-51...
Page 282 W-CDMA code domain demodulation measurements. If the automatic threshold feature is used, this setting will be overwritten by the automatically detected threshold. Parameter: <rel ampl> Default Value: –30 dB Range: –50 dB to –10 dB 9-52 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 283 Signal Standard submenu button in the Freq menu. The list can also be downloaded remotely and viewed using Anritsu Master Software Tools. For example, if the desired Signal Standard is P-GSM 900 - Uplink then the value of the <string>...
Page 284 OFF the RESet command will force the instrument to take new measurements for all of the user-selected scrambling codes. Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, Scrambling Code, Code Lock Reset 9-54 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 285 OFF for over-the-air measurements. The default value for this command is ON. That is, sending SENS:DEM:OTA:LOCK is equivalent to SENS:DEM:OTA:LOCK ON. Parameter: OFF|ON|0|1 Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: OFF Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, Scrambling Code, Code Lock MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-55...
Page 286 If there is not a valid test set selected, the return value is “–1” (negative 1). Parameter: <test set> Related Command: :CONFigure PFail Front Panel Access: Measurements, Pass/Fail Mode, Select Pass/Fail Test 9-56 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 287 Description: This command refers to the number of Adjacent channels in the ACLR view. Parameter: <num of channels> Default Value: 2 Range: 1 to 4 Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, ACLR, Select # of Adjacent Channels MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 9-57...
Page 288 Description: This command refers to the number of main channels in the ACLR view. Parameter: <num of main channels> Default Value: 1 Main Channel Range: 1 to 4 Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, ACLR, Select # of Main Channels 9-58 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 289: Chapter 10-Tdscdma Commands
:INITiate[:IMMediate] to trigger the next sweep. If :INITiate:CONTinuous is ON (i.e. the instrument is in continuous sweep mode), a new sweep will start immediately. Parameter: NA Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :INITiate[:IMMediate] MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 10-1...
Page 290: Configure Subsystem
When the CDPData option is selected, the measurement results are equivalent to the results that are displayed by choosing Measurements, then Demodulator, then CDP from the front panel. Parameter: <char> Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator 10-2 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 291 RF, then Power vs. Time from the front panel. When the EMISsion option is selected, the measurement results are equivalent to the results that are displayed by choosing Measurements, then RF Measurements, then Spectrum Emission from the front panel. Parameter: <char> Related Command: [:SENSe]:FREQuency MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 10-3...
Page 292: Display Subsystem
:DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:PDIVision <rel ampl> :DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:PDIVision? Title: Scale Description: Sets the scale (dB/division) for the y-axis. Parameter: <rel ampl> Default Value: 10 dB/div Default Unit: dB Range: 1 dB to 15 dB Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Scale/div 10-4 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 293: Fetch Subsystem
“--”. Power units are in watt or dBm as per what is set by the user. Frequency is always in Hz. Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod SUMMary :MEASure:DEMod:SUMMary? :READ:DEMod:SUMMary? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator, Modulation Summary MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 10-5...
Page 294 Occupied Bandwidth in Hz, Left Channel Power in dBm, Left Channel Occupied Bandwidth in Hz, Right Channel Power in dBm and Right Channel Occupied Bandwidth in Hz. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum :MEASure:RF:SPECtrum? :READ:RF:SPECtrum? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Channel Spectrum 10-6 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 295 Bandwidth. All invalid values are replaced with “--”. Power units are in watt or dBm as per what is set by the user. Frequency is always in Hz. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SUMMary :MEASure:RF:SUMMary? :READ:RF:SUMMary? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, RF Summary MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 10-7...
Page 296: Format Subsystem
(4 for both INTeger,32 and REAL,32) to get the number of data points (in this example, 551). Parameter: ASCii|INTeger,32|REAL,32 Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: ASCii Related Command: :TRACe[:DATA] 10-8 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 297: Initiate Subsystem
:STATus:OPERation? to determine the status. When the “sweep complete” bit is set to 1, data is ready to be retrieved. Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :STATus:OPERation? Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep),Trigger Sweep MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 10-9...
Page 298: Measure Subsystem
Code 2 in dB, Scrambling Code 3 in dB, and Scrambling Code 4 in dB. All invalid values are replaced with “--”. Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod CDPData :READ:DEMod:CDPData? :FETCh:DEMod:CDPData? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator, CDP Data 10-10 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 299 Data is returned as 2 comma-delimited values: DwPTS Power in dBm, and Pilot Dominance in dBm. All invalid values are replaced with “--”. Related Command: :CONFigure:OTA :READ:OTA? :FETCh:OTA? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, Code Scan MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 10-11...
Page 300 Marker Peak Power Frequency in MHz, Marker Peak Power in dBm, Marker Power Margin in dB, RBW in MHz, and Pass/Fail. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF EMISsion :READ:RF:EMISsion? :FETCh:RF:EMISsion? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Spectrum Emission 10-12 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 301 Occupied bandwidth in Hz, Left Channel Power, Left Channel Occupied Bandwidth, Right Channel Power, and Right Channel Occupied Bandwidth. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum :READ:RF:SPECtrum? :FETCh:RF:SPECtrum? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Channel Spectrum MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 10-13...
Page 302 Power units are in watt or dBm as per what is set by the user. Frequency is always in Hz. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SUMMary :READ:RF:SUMMary? :FETCh:RF:SUMMary? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, RF Summary 10-14 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 303: Read Subsystem
Code 2 in dB, Scrambling Code 3 in dB, and Scrambling Code 4 in dB. All invalid values are replaced with “--”. Related Command: :CONFigure:DEMod CDPData :MEASure:DEMod:CDPData? :FETCh:DEMod:CDPData? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator, CDP Data MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 10-15...
Page 304 Data is returned as 2 comma-delimited values: DwPTS Power in dBm, and Pilot Dominance in dBm. All invalid values are replaced with “--”. Related Command: :CONFigure:OTA :MEASure:OTA? :FETCh:OTA? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, Code Scan 10-16 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 305 Marker Peak Power Frequency in MHz, Marker Peak Power in dBm, Marker Power Margin in dB, RBW in MHz, and Pass/Fail. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF EMISsion :MEASure:RF:EMISsion? :FETCh:RF:EMISsion? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Spectrum Emission MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 10-17...
Page 306 Occupied bandwidth in Hz, Left Channel Power, Left Channel Occupied Bandwidth, Right Channel Power, and Right Channel Occupied Bandwidth. Related Command: :FETCh:RF:SPECtrum? :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum :MEASure:RF:SPECtrum? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Channel Spectrum 10-18 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 307 “--”. Power units are in watt or dBm as per what is set by the user. Frequency is always in Hz. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SUMMary :READ:RF:SUMMary? :FETCh:RF:SUMMary? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, RF Summary MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 10-19...
Page 308: Trace Subsystem
Parameters are returned in comma-delimited ASCII format. Each parameter is returned as “NAME=VALUE[ UNITS],” Valid parameter names are shown in “TDSCDMA Parameter Names” on page 2-36. Parameter: <trace type> Related Command: :TRACe:DATA? 10-20 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 309 (Primary, Blue), and 2 (Secondary, Red), or. The second value is the Ec/Io returned in dB. The third value is Tau returned in s. All three values are the same and are 4 bytes each. MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 10-21...
Page 310 10-9 :TRACe Subsystem TDSCDMA Commands Note that the instrument must be set in the selected view. Use the CONFigure command to set the unit to the selected view. Parameter: <trace type> Related Command: :FORMat[:DATA] :TRACe[:DATA]:PREamble? 10-22 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 311: Unit Subsystem
:UNIT:POWer dBM|W :UNIT:POWer? Title: Measurement Units Description: Sets the default amplitude units for input, output and display. Parameter: DBM|W Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: dBm Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Units MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 10-23...
Page 312: Sense] Subsystem
[:SENSe]:DEMod:SCRamblingcode Auto|0-127 [:SENSe]:DEMod:SCRamblingcode? Title: Scrambling Code Description: This command sets the Scrambling/Midamble Code of downlink data slot to be demodulated. Default Value: Auto Range: Auto|0 to 127 Front Panel Access: Setup, Scrambling Midamble Code 10-24 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 313 Range: 2.5 MHz to 2.7 GHz Front Panel Access: Freq, Center Freq [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:CHANnel <number> [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:CHANnel? Title: Channel Selection Description: Sets the channel number for the selected signal standard. Parameter: <number> Front Panel Access: Freq, Channel MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 10-25...
Page 314 Signal Standard submenu button in the Freq menu. The list can also be downloaded remotely and viewed using Anritsu Master Software Tools. For example, if the desired Signal Standard is P-GSM 900 - Uplink then the value of the <string>...
Page 315 Related Command: [:SENSe]:POWer[:RF]:RANGe:AUTO Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Adjust Range [:SENSe]:SLOTselection Auto|0-6 [:SENSe]:SLOTselection? Title: Slot Selection Description: Sets the Walsh codes. Default Value: Auto (7) Range: Auto, 0 to 6 Front Panel Access: Setup, Slot Selection MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 10-27...
Page 316 Description: Sets the external trigger. The query form returns either “NOTRIG”, “GPS”, or “EXT” in Ascii (without the double quotes). Default Value: No Trig Range: NOTRig, GPS, EXT Front Panel Access: Setup, Trigger, Trigger Type 10-28 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 317 10-11 [:SENSe] Subsystem [:SENSe]:ULSWitchpoint 0-6 [:SENSe]:ULSWitchpoint? Title: Uplink Switch Point Description: Index of the last downlink slot in the subframe. Default Value: 3 Range: 0 to 6 Front Panel Access: Setup, Uplink Switch Point MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 10-29...
Page 318 10-11 [:SENSe] Subsystem TDSCDMA Commands 10-30 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 319: Chapter 11-Gsm Commands
:INITiate[:IMMediate] to trigger the next sweep. If :INITiate:CONTinuous is ON (i.e. the instrument is in continuous sweep mode), a new sweep will start immediately. Parameter: NA Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :INITiate[:IMMediate] MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 11-1...
Page 320: Configure Subsystem
The measurement results are equivalent to the results that are displayed by choosing Measurements, then Pass/Fail mode from the front panel. Related Command: :FETCh:PFail? MEASure:PFail? READ:PFail? Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), Pass/Fail Mode 11-2 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 321 Sets the instrument to single sweep mode (:INITiate:CONTinuous OFF). Measurement settings can be modified by using the [:SENSe]:RF commands before initiating a measurement. Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), Spectrum, Multi-Channel Spectrum MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 11-3...
Page 322 Returns Value Actual Name SPEC, SINGSingle Channel Spectrum SPEC, MULTMulti-Channel Spectrum PVTFPower vs. Time (Frame) PVTSPower vs. Time (Slot) DEMDemodulator PFPass/Fail Mode SUMMSummary 11-4 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 323: Display Subsystem
Title: Power Offset Description: Sets the power offset value for the y-axis. Parameter: <rel ampl> Default Value: 0 dB Default Unit: dB Range: –100 dB to 100 dB Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Power Offset MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 11-5...
Page 324: Fetch Subsystem
(“--”). To receive valid measurements, the Pass/Fail measurement must be the active. The current measurement can be queried using CONFigure?. Use the :CONFigure:PFail command to set Pass/Fail as the active measurement. Related Command: MEASure:PFail? :CONFigure:PFail READ:PFail? 11-6 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 325 The current measurement can be queried using CONFigure?. Use the CONFigure:SPECtrum:MULTi command to set Multi-Channel Spectrum as the active measurement. Data is returned as 1 value: Span in MHz. Related Command: MEASure:SPECtrum:MULTi? :CONFigure:SPECtrum:MULTi READ:SPECtrum:MULTi? MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 11-7...
Page 326 Occupied Bandwidth in MHz, Frequency Error in MHz, Frequency Error in ppb, Modulation Type, and TSC. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Data is returned as 9 comma-delimited values. Related Command: MEASure:PVTSlot? :CONFigure:PVTSlot READ:PVTSlot? 11-8 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 327: Format Subsystem
(4 for both INTeger,32 and REAL,32) to get the number of data points (in this example, 551). Parameter: ASCii|INTeger,32|REAL,32 Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: ASCii Related Command: :TRACe[:DATA] MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 11-9...
Page 328: Initiate Subsystem
:STATus:OPERation? to determine the status. When the “sweep complete” bit is set to 1, data is ready to be retrieved. Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :STATus:OPERation? Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep),Trigger Sweep 11-10 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 329: Measure Subsystem
C/I in dB, Magnitude Error (rms) in %, Modulation Type, and TSC. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Related Command: CONFigure:DEMod READ:DEMod? FETCh:DEMod? Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), Demodulator MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 11-11...
Page 330 Burst Power in dBm, Average Burst Power in dBm, Span in MHz, Occupied Bandwidth in MHz, Frequency Error in MHz, Frequency Error (ppm), Modulation Type, and TSC. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. 11-12 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 331 Error (ppm), Modulation Type, and TSC. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Related Command: CONFigure:PVTSlot :READ:PVTSlot? :FETCh:PVTSlot? Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), Power vs. Time (Slot) MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 11-13...
Page 332 Occupied Bandwidth in MHz, Frequency Error in MHz, Frequency Error (ppm), Modulation Type, and TSC. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Related Command: CONFigure:SPECtrum:SINGle :READ:SPECtrum:SINGle? :FETCh:SPECtrum:SINGle? Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), Spectrum, Channel Spectrum 11-14 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 333: Read Subsystem
:ABORT, :INITiate, and FETCh:PFail? The PASS/FAIL measurement must be active. The current measurement can be queried using :CONFigure? Related Command: :FETCh:PFail? :CONFigure:PFail :MEASure:PFail? Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), PASS/FAIL Mode MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 11-15...
Page 334 Error (ppm), Modulation Type, and TSC. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Related Command: MEASure:PVTSlot? CONFigure:PVTSlot FETCh:PVTSlot? Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), Power vs. Time (Slot) 11-16 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 335 Occupied Bandwidth in MHz, Frequency Error in MHz, Frequency Error (ppm), Modulation Type, and TSC. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Related Command: MEASure:SPECtrum:SINGle? :CONFigure:SPECtrum:SINGle FETCh:SPECtrum:SINGle? Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), Spectrum, Channel Spectrum MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 11-17...
Page 336: Trace Subsystem
SINGle, MULTi, PVTFrame, and PVTSlot, the unit is in dBm. Note that the instrument must be set in the selected view. Use the CONFigure commands to set the unit to the selected view. Parameter: <trace type> Related Command: :FORMat[:DATA] :TRACe[:DATA]:PREamble? 11-18 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 337 Range: 0 Hz to 7.1 GHz Front Panel Access: Freq, Center Freq [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:CHANnel <number> [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:CHANnel? Title: Channel Selection Description: Sets the channel number for the selected signal standard. Parameter: <number> Front Panel Access: Freq, Channel MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 11-19...
Page 338 Signal Standard submenu button in the Freq menu. The list can also be downloaded remotely and viewed using Anritsu Master Software Tools. For example, if the desired Signal Standard is P-GSM 900 - Uplink then the value of the <string>...
Page 339 “Measurement” menu, press the “Pass/Fail Mode” key, and then press the “Select Pass/Fail Test” submenu. Alternatively, the list can be retrieved remotely and viewed using the Anritsu Master Software Tools. The <test set> argument is a 1-based index of the position of the desired Pass/Fail test set in the instrument’s current Pass/Fail test set...
Page 340 Related Command: [:SENSe]:PVTSlot:STOP? [:SENSe]:PVTSlot:STOP? Title: Power vs. Time (Slot) Stop Time Description: Queries the Power vs. Time (Slot) stop time. Only valid in the Power vs. Time (Slot) measurement. Default Unit: seconds Related Command: [:SENSe]:PVTSlot:STARt? 11-22 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 341 :INITiate[:IMMediate] to trigger the next sweep. If :INITiate:CONTinuous is ON (i.e. the instrument is in continuous sweep mode), a new sweep will start immediately. Parameter: NA Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :INITiate[:IMMediate] MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 12-1...
Page 342 Sets the instrument to single sweep mode (:INITiate:CONTinuous OFF). Measurement settings can be modified by using the [:SENSe] commands before initiating a measurement. Parameter: SUMMary Parameter Type: <char> Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), WiMAX Summary 12-2 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 343 The measurement results are equivalent to the results that are displayed by choosing Measurements, then PASS/FAIL from the front panel. Parameter: PFail Related Command: :FETCh:PFail? MEASure:PFail? READ:PFail? Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), Pass/Fail Mode MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 12-3...
Page 344 When the ACPR option is selected, the measurement results are equivalent to the results that are displayed by choosing Measurements, then RF, then ACPR from the front panel. Parameter: <char> Related Command: [:SENSe]:FREQuency 12-4 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 345 Title: Power Offset Description: Sets the power offset value for the y-axis. Parameter: <rel ampl> Default Value: 0 dB Default Unit: dB Range: 0 dB to 100 dB Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Power Offset MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 12-5...
Page 346 EVM vs. Sub-carrier: 5 % Default Unit: Current active amplitude unit Range: Spectral Flatness: –5 to +5 EVM vs. Symbol: 1 to 100 EVM vs. Sub-carrier: 1 to 100 Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Y Axis Max 12-6 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 347 :FETCh:DEMod:SFLatness? Title: Fetch Spectral Flatness Description: Returns the absolute delta of the power between adjacent sub carriers in dB. “--” is returned for data that is not valid at that instance. MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 12-7...
Page 348 “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF ACPR :MEASure:RF:ACPR? :READ:RF:ACPR? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, ACPR 12-8 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 349 Occupied bandwidth measurement in MHz. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum :MEASure:RF:SPECtrum? :READ:RF:SPECtrum? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Spectrum MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 12-9...
Page 350 (4 for both INTeger,32 and REAL,32) to get the number of data points (in this example, 551). Parameter: ASCii|INTeger,32|REAL,32 Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: ASCii Related Command: :TRACe[:DATA] 12-10 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 351 :STATus:OPERation? to determine the status. When the “sweep complete” bit is set to 1, data is ready to be retrieved. Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :STATus:OPERation? Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep),Trigger Sweep MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 12-11...
Page 352 (pk) in %, RCE (rms) in dB, RCE (pk) in dB, Carrier Frequency in MHz, Freq Error in MHz, Freq Error in ppm, and the Base Station ID. Related Command: :READ:DEMod:CONStln? :CONFigure:DEMod CONStln 12-12 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 353 (pk) in %, RCE (rms) in dB, RCE (pk) in dB, Carrier Frequency in MHz, Freq Error in MHz, Freq Error in ppm, and the Base Station ID. Related Command: :READ:DEMod:EVSYmbol? :CONFigure:DEMod EVSYmbol MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 12-13...
Page 354 PFail and :READ:PFail? To make a PASS/FAIL measurement with settings other than the default values, send: :CONFigure PFail Commands to set desired settings :READ:PFail? Related Command: :CONFigure PFail READ:PFail? FETCh:PFail? Front Panel Access: Shift-4 (Measure), Pass/Fail Mode 12-14 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 355 Data is returned as 4 comma-delimited values: The Channel Power in dBm, Preamble power in dBm, burst power of data bursts in dBm, and the Crest Factor in dB. Related Command: :READ:RF:PVTime? :CONFigure:RF PVTime MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 12-15...
Page 356 Commands to set desired settings :READ:RF:SPECtrum? Data is returned as 2 comma-delimited values: Channel Power (RSSI) in dBm Occupied bandwidth measurement in MHz. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum :READ:RF:SPECtrum? :FETCh:RF:SPECtrum? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Spectrum 12-16 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 357 (pk) in %, RCE (rms) in dB, RCE (pk) in dB, Carrier Frequency in MHz, Freq Error in MHz, Freq Error in ppm, and the Base Station ID. Related Command: :FETCh:DEMod:EVSCarrier? :CONFigure:DEMod EVSCarrier MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 12-17...
Page 358 :ABORT, :INITiate, and FETCh:PFail? The PASS/FAIL measurement must be active. The current measurement can be queried using :CONFigure? Related Command: :FETCh:PFail? :CONFigure PFail :MEASure:PFail? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Pass/Fail Mode 12-18 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 359 5 power level, absolute adjacent channel 5 power level. The relative adjacent channel power level is in dB and the absolute adjacent channel power level is in dBm. Related Command: :FETCh:RF:ACPR? :CONFigure:RF ACPR :MEASure:RF:ACPR? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, ACPR MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 12-19...
Page 360 (specified by :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum). The current measurement can be queried using :CONFigure? Data is returned as 2 comma-delimited values: Channel Power(RSSI) in dBm and Occupied bandwidth measurement in MHz. Related Command: :FETCh:RF:SPECtrum? :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum :MEASure:RF:SPECtrum? 12-20 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 361 Parameters are returned in comma-delimited ASCII format. Each parameter is returned as “NAME=VALUE[ UNITS],” Valid parameter names are shown in Chapter 2. Parameter: <trace type> Related Command: :TRACe:DATA? MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 12-21...
Page 362 For EVM vs Sub Carrier and EVM vs Symbol unit is in percent. Note that the instrument must be set in the selected view. Use the CONFigure command to set the unit to the selected view. Parameter: <trace type> Related Command: :FORMat[:DATA] :TRACe[:DATA]:PREamble? 12-22 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 363: Sense] Subsystem
Default Value: The default CP Ratio is 1/4, which is the first index in the CP Ratio list. Front Panel Access: Setup, CP Ratio (G) [:SENSe]:DEMod:CONStln:POINts? Title: Number of Constellation Point Description: Queries the number of Constellation points. MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 12-23...
Page 364 Title: EVM vs. Symbol Stop Value Description: Queries the EVM vs. Symbol stop value. Related Command: [:SENSe]:DEMod:EVSYmbol:STARt:X? [:SENSe]:DEMod:SFLatness:STARt:X? Title: Spectral Flatness Start Value Description: Queries the Spectral Flatness start value. Related Command: [:SENSe]:DEMod:SFLatness:STOP:X? 12-24 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 365 Range: 0 Hz to 7.1 GHz Front Panel Access: Freq, Center Freq [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:CHANnel <number> [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:CHANnel? Title: Channel Selection Description: Sets the channel number for the selected signal standard. Parameter: <number> Front Panel Access: Freq, Channel MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 12-25...
Page 366 The list can be displayed on the instrument by choosing the Signal Standard submenu button in the Freq menu. The list can also be downloaded remotely and viewed using Anritsu Master Software Tools. For example, if the desired Signal Standard is P-GSM 900 - Uplink then the value of the <string>...
Page 367 “Measurement” menu, press the “Pass/Fail Mode” key, and then press the “Select Pass/Fail Test” submenu. Alternatively, the list can be retrieved remotely and viewed using the Anritsu Master Software Tools. The <test set> argument is a 1-based index of the position of the desired Pass/Fail test set in the instrument’s current Pass/Fail test set...
Page 368 Description: Queries the Power vs. Time Frame start time. Default Unit: seconds Related Command: [:SENSe]:RF:PVTime:FRAMe:STOP? [:SENSe]:DLFLength? [:SENSe]:RF:PVTime:FRAMe:STOP? Title: Power vs. Time Frame Stop Time Description: Queries the Power vs. Time frame stop time. Default Unit: seconds Related Command: [:SENSe]:RF:PVTime:FRAMe:STARt? [:SENSe]:DLFLength? 12-28 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 369 Spectrum view to 20MHz. Setting the value to 30 will set the span for the Spectrum view to 30MHz. Parameter: 5|10|20|30 Default Value: 5 MHz Default Unit: MHz Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Spectrum, Span MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 12-29...
Page 370 12-10 [:SENSe] Subsystem Fixed WiMAX Commands 12-30 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 371: Chapter 13-Mobile Wimax Commands
:INITiate[:IMMediate] to trigger the next sweep. If :INITiate:CONTinuous is ON (i.e. the instrument is in continuous sweep mode), a new sweep will start immediately. Parameter: NA Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :INITiate[:IMMediate] MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 13-1...
Page 372: Configure Subsystem
Sets the instrument to single sweep mode (:INITiate:CONTinuous OFF). Measurement settings can be modified by using the [:SENSe] commands before initiating a measurement. Parameter: SUMMary Parameter Type: <char> Front Panel Access: Measurements, WiMAX Summary 13-2 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 373 EVSYmbol option is selected, the measurement results are equivalent to the results that are displayed by choosing Measurements, then Demodulator then EVM vs Symbol from the front panel. Parameter: <char> Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 13-3...
Page 374 When the ACPR option is selected, the measurement results are equivalent to the results that are displayed by choosing Measurements, then RF, then ACPR from the front panel. Parameter: <char> Related Command: [:SENSe]:FREQuency 13-4 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 375: Display Subsystem
Title: Power Offset Description: Sets the power offset value for the y-axis. Parameter: <rel ampl> Default Value: 0 dB Default Unit: dB Range: 0 dB to 100 dB Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Power Offset MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 13-5...
Page 376 EVM vs. Sub-carrier: 5% Default Unit: Current active amplitude unit Range: Spectral Flatness: –5dB to 5dB EVM vs. Symbol: 1% to 100% EVM vs. Sub-carrier: 1% to 100% Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Y Axis Max 13-6 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 377: Fetch Subsystem
:FETCh:DEMod:SFLatness? Title: Fetch Spectral Flatness Description: Returns the absolute delta of the power between adjacent sub carriers in dB. “--” is returned for data that is not valid at that instance. MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 13-7...
Page 378 “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF ACPR :MEASure:RF:ACPR? :READ:RF:ACPR? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, ACPR 13-8 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 379 Data is returned as 2 comma-delimited values: Channel Power(RSSI) in dBm and Occupied bandwidth measurement in MHz. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum :MEASure:RF:SPECtrum? :READ:RF:SPECtrum? MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 13-9...
Page 380: Format Subsystem
(4 for both INTeger,32 and REAL,32) to get the number of data points (in this example, 551). Parameter: ASCii|INTeger,32|REAL,32 Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: ASCii Related Command: :TRACe[:DATA] 13-10 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 381: Initiate Subsystem
:STATus:OPERation? to determine the status. When the “sweep complete” bit is set to 1, data is ready to be retrieved. Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :STATus:OPERation? Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep),Trigger Sweep MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 13-11...
Page 382: Measure Subsystem
Data is returned as 8 comma-delimited values: EVM (rms) in %, EVM (pk) in %, RCE (rms) in dB, RCE (pk) in dB, Freq Error in MHz, CINR in dB, Base Station ID, and the Sector ID. Related Command: :READ:DEMod:CONStln? :CONFigure:DEMod CONStln 13-12 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 383 (pk) in %, RCE (rms) in dB, RCE (pk) in dB, Carrier Frequency in MHz, Freq Error in MHz, Freq Error in ppm, and the Base Station ID. Related Command: :READ:DEMod:EVSYmbol? :CONFigure:DEMod EVSYmbol MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 13-13...
Page 384 PFail and :READ:PFail? To make a PASS/FAIL measurement with settings other than the default values, send: :CONFigure PFail Commands to set desired settings :READ:PFail? Related Command: :CONFigure PFail READ:PFail? FETCh:PFail? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Pass/Fail Mode 13-14 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 385 Data is returned as 4 comma-delimited values: The Channel Power in dBm, Preamble power in dBm, burst power of data bursts in dBm, and the Crest Factor in dB. Related Command: :READ:RF:PVTime? :CONFigure:RF PVTime MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 13-15...
Page 386 Commands to set desired settings :READ:RF:SPECtrum? Data is returned as 2 comma-delimited values: Channel Power (RSSI) in dBm Occupied bandwidth measurement in MHz. Related Command: :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum :READ:RF:SPECtrum? :FETCh:RF:SPECtrum? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Channel Spectrum 13-16 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 387: Read Subsystem
(pk) in %, RCE (rms) in dB, RCE (pk) in dB, Carrier Frequency in MHz, Freq Error in MHz, Freq Error in ppm, and the Base Station ID. Related Command: :FETCh:DEMod:EVSCarrier? :CONFigure:DEMod EVSCarrier MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 13-17...
Page 388 :ABORT, :INITiate, and FETCh:PFail? The PASS/FAIL measurement must be active. The current measurement can be queried using :CONFigure? Related Command: :FETCh:PFail? :CONFigure PFail :MEASure:PFail? Front Panel Access: Measurements, Pass/Fail Mode 13-18 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 389 Data is returned as 4 comma-delimited values: The Channel Power in dBm, Preamble power in dBm, burst power of data bursts in dBm, and the Crest Factor in dB. Related Command: :FETCh:RF:PVTime? :CONFigure:RF PVTime MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 13-19...
Page 390 (specified by :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum). The current measurement can be queried using :CONFigure? Data is returned as 2 comma-delimited values: Channel Power(RSSI) in dBm and Occupied bandwidth measurement in MHz. Related Command: :FETCh:RF:SPECtrum? :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum :MEASure:RF:SPECtrum? 13-20 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 391: Trace Subsystem
Parameters are returned in comma-delimited ASCII format. Each parameter is returned as “NAME=VALUE[ UNITS],” Valid parameter names are shown in Chapter 2. Parameter: <trace type> Related Command: :TRACe:DATA? MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 13-21...
Page 392 For EVM vs Sub Carrier and EVM vs Symbol unit is in percent. Note that the instrument must be set in the selected view. Use the CONFigure command to set the unit to the selected view. Parameter: <trace type> Related Command: :FORMat[:DATA] :TRACe[:DATA]:PREamble? 13-22 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 393: Sense] Subsystem
Title: Constellation Reference Points Description: Sets the display of the reference points for the various constellations on/off. Parameter: OFF|ON|0|1 Parameter Type: <boolean> Default Value: ON Front Panel Access: Measurements, Demodulator, Constellation, Reference Points MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 13-23...
Page 394 Signal Standard submenu button in the Freq menu. The list can also be downloaded remotely and viewed using Anritsu Master Software Tools. For example, if the desired Signal Standard is P-GSM 900 - Uplink, then the value of the <string>...
Page 395 “Measurement” menu, press the “Pass/Fail Mode” key, and then press the “Select Pass/Fail Test” submenu. Alternatively, the list can be retrieved remotely and viewed using the Anritsu Master Software Tools. The <test set> argument is a 1-based index of the position of the desired Pass/Fail test set in the instrument’s current Pass/Fail test set...
Page 396 Spectrum view to 20 MHz. Setting the value to 30 will set the span for the Spectrum view to 30 MHz. Parameter: 5|10|20|30 Default Value: 10 MHz Default Unit: MHz Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF Measurements, Spectrum, Span 13-26 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 397: Chapter 14-Lte Commands
(i.e. the instrument is in single sweep mode), send the command :INITiate[:IMMediate] to trigger the next sweep. If :INITiate:CONTinuous is ON (i.e. the instrument is in continuous sweep mode), a new sweep will start immediately. Parameter: NA MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-1...
Page 398: Calculate Subsystem
Description: Reads the current absolute Y value for delta marker 1. Default Unit: dBm :CALCulate:MARKer1:MAXimum Title: Set Marker 1 to Peak Description: Moves marker 1 to peak position on data trace. Parameter: NA Front Panel Access: Marker, Marker Select (M1), Peak Search 14-2 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 399 Default Unit: Hz Front Panel Access: Marker, Marker Select [1/2/3/4/5/6] (use arrow keys or rotary knob) :CALCulate:MARKer1:Y? Title: Marker 1 Read Y Value Description: Reads the current Y value for marker 1. Default Unit: dBm MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-3...
Page 400 Front Panel Access: Marker, Marker Select (M2), Peak Search :CALCulate:MARKer2:STATe OFF|ON|DELta :CALCulate:MARKer2:STATe? Title: Set Marker 2 State Description: Sets marker 2 on/off or delta. Parameter: OFF|ON|Delta Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: OFF Front Panel Access: Marker, Marker Select (M2), Marker State 14-4 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 401 Parameter: <x-parameter> Default Unit: Hz Front Panel Access: Marker, Marker Select (M2), Peak Search :CALCulate:MARKer2:Y? Title: Marker2 Read Y Value Description: Reads the current Y value for marker 2. Default Unit: dBm MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-5...
Page 402: Configure Subsystem
None of the instrument parameters are changed by the execution of this command. (:INITiate:CONTinuous OFF). Measurement settings can be modified by using the [:SENSe] commands before initiating a measurement. Parameter: SUMMary Parameter Type: <char> Front Panel Access: Measurements, LTE Summary 14-6 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 403 SCANner: Scanner measurement view TXTEst: Tx Test measurement view MAPping: Coverage Mapping measurement view CAGGregation: Carrier Aggregation measurement view Parameter: SCANner|TXTEst|MAPping|CAGGregation Parameter Type: <char> Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, (Scanner, Tx Test, Mapping, Carrier Aggregation) MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-7...
Page 404 SUMMary: RF measurement summary screen. SPECtrum: RF Channel Spectrum measurement screen. ACLR: ACLR measurement view. SEM: Spectral Emission Mask measurement. Parameter: SUMMary|SPECtrum|ACLR|SEM Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, (Channel Spectrum, ACLR, Spectral Emission Mask, RF Summary) 14-8 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 405: Display Subsystem
Description: Sets the Scale/Division setting for the y-axis. This only affects the scale for the Channel Spectrum measurement. Parameter: <rel ampl> Default Value: 10 dB/div Default Unit: dB Range: 1 dB to 15 dB Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Scale MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-9...
Page 406: Fetch Subsystem
Description: Returns the most recent Control Channel Power measurement numeric results. Data is returned as 24 comma-delimited values: RS_POWER, PSS_POWER, SSS_POWER, BCH_POWER, CFI_POWER, RS_TOTAL_POWER, PSS_TOTAL_POWER, SSS_TOTAL_POWER, BCH_TOTAL_POWER, CFI_TOTAL_POWER, TOTAL_POWER, TOTAL_CHANNEL_POWER Front Panel Access: Measurements, Modulation, Control Channel Power 14-10 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 407 Carrier Frequency in MHz, Freq Error in Hz, Freq Error in ppm, Cell ID, and Time Alignment Error (TAE) in nanoseconds. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Front Panel Access: Measurements, Modulation, Tx Time Alignment MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-11...
Page 408 SINR. Following the six sets of data is a final value for the Dominance. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, Mapping 14-12 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 409 Default Unit: dBm Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, ACLR :FETCh:RF:SEM? Title: Fetch Spectral Emission Mask Description: Returns Spectral Emission Mask measurement results (Pass or Fail). Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, Spectral Emission Mask MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-13...
Page 410 When Option 886 is installed, 256-QAM EVM measurement results are included in the calculation of EVM (rms) percentage value. Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, RF Summary Measurements, Modulation, Modulation Summary Measurements, LTE Summary 14-14 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 411: Format Subsystem
(4 for both INTeger and REAL) to get the number of data points (in this example, 551). Parameter: ASCii|INTeger,32|REAL,32 Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: ASCii MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-15...
Page 412: Initiate Subsystem
When the “sweep complete” bit is set to 1, data is ready to be retrieved. Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :STATus:OPERation? Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep), Sweep (Single), Trigger Sweep 14-16 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 413: Measure Subsystem
‘n’ measurements. Note: If n is large, then an appropriately large value for the time-out of the SCPI interface is required. MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-17...
Page 414 Cell ID, the number of measurements used in the frequency error average (if on), and OSTP (OFDM Symbol Transmit Power) in dBm. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Front Panel Access: Measurements, Modulation, Constellation 14-18 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 415 TAE (nS), and Cell ID). The data is in sequential CC order. A field with “--” means the data was invalid. An inactive Component Carrier will show N/A for the entire set of data. Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, Carrier Aggregation MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-19...
Page 416 Following the six sets of data is a final value for the Dominance. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Default Unit: dBm Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, Scanner 14-20 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 417 Occupied Bandwidth measurement results. It is a combination of the following command: :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum and :READ:RF:SPECtrum?. Data is returned as 2 comma-delimited values: Channel Power in dBm and Occupied bandwidth in MHz. Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, Channel Spectrum MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-21...
Page 418: Read Subsystem
Cell ID, the number of measurements used in the frequency error average (if on), and OSTP (OFDM Symbol Transmit Power) in dBm. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Front Panel Access: Measurements, Modulation, Constellation 14-22 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 419 TAE (nS), and Cell ID). The data is in sequential CC order. A field with “--” means the data was invalid. An inactive Component Carrier will show N/A for the entire set of data. Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, Carrier Aggregation MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-23...
Page 420 Following the three sets of data is an additional set of four numbers: Dominance, Antenna count, Average Power, Delta Power. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Default Unit: dBm Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, Tx Test 14-24 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 421 Description: Triggers a new RF Spectral Emission Mask measurement and returns a PASS or FAIL result. It is a combination of the commands :ABORT, :INITiate, and FETCh:RF:SEM? The current measurement can be queried using :CONFigure? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, Spectral Emission Mask MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-25...
Page 422 :CONFigure? Data is returned as 2 comma-delimited values: Channel Power in dBm and Occupied bandwidth measurement in MHz. Related Command: :FETCh:RF:SPECtrum? :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum :MEASure:RF:SPECtrum? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, Channel Spectrum 14-26 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 423: Unit Subsystem
:UNIT:POWer dBM|W :UNIT:POWer? Title: Measurement Units Description: Sets/Returns the current display mode for power values as either dBm or in watts. Parameter: DBM|W Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: dBm Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Units MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-27...
Page 424: Sense] Subsystem
Front Panel Access: Setup, Freq Err Ave Cnt [:SENSe]:AVERage:FERRor:RESet Title: Frequency Error Average Reset Description: Resets the frequency error averaging. Does not change the value of Count set with [:SENSe]:AVErage:FERRor:COUNt n. Front Panel Access: Setup, Freq Err Ave Cnt 14-28 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 425 [:SENSe]:CC{1|2|3|4|5}:CHANnel? Title: Component Carrier Channel Description: Sets the channel number for the selected signal standard for the specified Component Carrier (CC). Parameter: <number> Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, Carrier Aggregation, CC#, CC#, Channel MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-29...
Page 426 Signal Standard submenu button in the Freq menu. The list can also be downloaded remotely and viewed using Anritsu Master Software Tools. For example, if the desired Signal Standard is P-GSM 900 - Uplink, then the value of the <string>...
Page 427 [:SENSe]:FREQuency:CENTer <freq> [:SENSe]:FREQuency:CENTer? Title: Center Frequency Description: Sets the center frequency. Parameter: <freq> Default Value: 1 GHz Default Unit: Hz Range: 10 MHz to 4 GHz Front Panel Access: Freq, Center Freq MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-31...
Page 428 Signal Standard submenu button in the Freq menu. The list can also be downloaded remotely and viewed using Anritsu Master Software Tools. For example, if the desired Signal Standard is P-GSM 900 - Uplink, then the value of the <string>...
Page 429 [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:SSSPower:THREShold? [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:RSRP:THREShold “xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x” [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:RSRP:THREShold? [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:RSRQ:THREShold “xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x” [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:RSRQ:THREShold? [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:SINR:THREShold “xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x” [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:SINR:THREShold? Front Panel Access: Measurement, Over-the-Air, Mapping, Measurement Setup, Measurement [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:SSSPower:THREShold “xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x “ [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:SSSPower:THREShold? [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:RSRP:THREShold “xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x” [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:RSRP:THREShold? [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:RSRQ:THREShold “xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x” [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:RSRQ:THREShold? Continued on next page MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-33...
Page 430 Parameter: <string> “xxx.x,xxx.x,xxx.x,xxx.x,xxx.x” Front Panel Access: Measurement, Over-the-Air, Mapping, Measurement Setup, S-SS Thresholds Measurement, Over-the-Air, Mapping, Measurement Setup, RSRP Thresholds Measurement, Over-the-Air, Mapping, Measurement Setup, RSRQ Thresholds Measurement, Over-the-Air, Mapping, Measurement Setup, SINR Thresholds 14-34 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 431 Repeat Type [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:REPeat:TIMe <microseconds> [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:REPeat:TIMe? Title: Coverage Map Repeat Time Interval Description: Sets the time interval for data collection. Related Command: [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:REPeat:TYPe TIMe|DISTance Front Panel Access: Measurement, Over-the-Air, Mapping, Point Distance/Time Setup, Repeat Time MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-35...
Page 432 Front Panel Access: Measurement, Over-the-Air, Scanner, Sort By [:SENSe]:POWer[:RF]:RANGe[:IMMediate] Title: Amplitude Range Description: Recalculates amplitude range. Note that issuing this command will set the automatic dynamic range OFF. Related Command: [:SENSe]:POWer[:RF]:RANGe:AUTO Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Adjust Range 14-36 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 433 Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, Channel Spectrum, Span [:SENSe]:SYNC:TYPe SS|RS [:SENSe]:SYNC:TYPe? Title: Set Sync Type Description: Sets the sync type setting. Parameter: SS|RS Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: SS Front Panel Access: Setup, Sync, Sync Type MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 14-37...
Page 434 LTE Commands [:SENSe]:TAE:ACTive OFF|ON [:SENSe]:TAE:ACTive? Title: Time Alignment Error Description: Sets the state of the TAE measurement for OTA carrier aggregation. Parameter: OFF|ON Parameter Type: <boolean> Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, Carrier Aggregation, TAE 14-38 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 435: Chapter 15-Td-Lte Commands
INITiate:CONTinuous is OFF (i.e., the instrument is in single sweep mode), send the command :INITiate[:IMMediate] to trigger the next sweep. If :INITiate:CONTinuous is ON (i.e., the instrument is in continuous sweep mode), a new sweep will start immediately. Parameter: NA MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 15-1...
Page 436: Calculate Subsystem
Description: Reads the current absolute Y value for delta marker 1. Default Unit: dBm :CALCulate:MARKer1:MAXimum Title: Set Marker 1 to Peak Description: Moves marker 1 to peak position on data trace. Parameter: NA Front Panel Access: Marker, Marker Select (M1), Peak Search 15-2 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 437 Default Unit: Hz in RF Channel Spectrum view and microseconds in Power vs. Time view. Front Panel Access: Marker, Marker Select (M1), Peak Search :CALCulate:MARKer1:Y? Title: Marker 1 Read Y Value Description: Reads the current Y value for marker 1. Default Unit: dBm MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 15-3...
Page 438 Description: Reads the current absolute Y value for delta marker 2. Default Unit: dBm :CALCulate:MARKer2:MAXimum Title: Set Marker 2 to Peak Description: Moves marker 2 to peak position on data trace. Parameter: NA Front Panel Access: Marker, Marker Select (M2), Peak Search 15-4 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 439 Default Unit: Hz in RF Channel Spectrum view and microseconds in Power vs. Time view. Front Panel Access: Marker, Marker Select (M2), Peak Search :CALCulate:MARKer2:Y? Title: Marker2 Read Y Value Description: Reads the current Y value for marker 2. Default Unit: dBm MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 15-5...
Page 440: Configure Subsystem
CONFigure command or a MEASure? query. The list below shows the possible return values. SUMM RF,SPEC RF,ACLR RF,SEM RF, PVT, SUBF RF, PVT, FRAM RF,SUMM DEM,CONS DEM,CCPG DEM,CCPT DEM,PVRB DEM,SUMM OTA,OTAS OTA,OTATX OTA,MAP 15-6 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 441 Bar Graph or Table. :CONFigure:OTA SCANner|TXTEst|MAPping Title: Select Over-the-Air Scanner Measurement Description: Sets the measurement to one of the Over-the-Air screens. Parameter: SCANner|TXTEst|MAPping Parameter Type: <char> Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, (Scanner, Tx Test, Mapping) MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 15-7...
Page 442 Title: Configure Power vs Time Measurements Description: Sets the current display mode for Power vs. Time measurements, either ‘Frame’ or ‘Sub-frame’. Parameter: FRAMe|SUBFrame Parameter Type: <char> Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, Power vs. Time, View 15-8 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 443: Display Subsystem
Description: Sets the Scale/Division setting for the y-axis. This only affects the scale for the Channel Spectrum and Power vs Time measurements. Parameter: <rel ampl> Default Value: 10 dB/div Default Unit: dB Range: 1 dB to 15 dB Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Scale MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 15-9...
Page 444: Fetch Subsystem
“--” is returned if the LTE carrier does not use 256-QAM modulation scheme. This value does not immediately follow EVM (64-QAM) in order to maintain backward compatibility with instruments where Option 886 is not installed. Front Panel Access: Measurements, Modulation, Power vs Resource Block 15-10 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 445 SINR. Following the six sets of data is a final value for the Dominance. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, Scanner MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 15-11...
Page 446 2 comma-delimited values: Channel Power in dBm and Occupied bandwidth measurement in MHz. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, Channel Spectrum 15-12 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 447 When Option 886 is installed, 256-QAM EVM measurement results are included in the calculation of EVM (rms) percentage value. Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, RF Summary Measurements, Modulation, Modulation Summary Measurements, TD-LTE Summary MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 15-13...
Page 448: Format Subsystem
(4 for both INTeger and REAL) to get the number of data points (in this example, 551). Parameter: ASCii|INTeger,32|REAL,32 Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: ASCii 15-14 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 449: Initiate Subsystem
When the “sweep complete” bit is set to 1, data is ready to be retrieved. Related Command: :INITiate:CONTinuous :STATus:OPERation? Front Panel Access: Shift-3 (Sweep), Sweep (Single), Trigger Sweep MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 15-15...
Page 450: Measure Subsystem
Frequency in MHz, Freq Error in Hz, Freq Error in ppm, the Cell ID, and the number of measurements average for Frequency Error. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Front Panel Access: Measurements, Modulation, Constellation 15-16 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 451 Carrier Frequency in MHz, Freq Error in Hz, Freq Error in ppm, Cell ID, and Time Alignment Error (TAE) in nanoseconds. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Front Panel Access: Measurements, Modulation, Tx Time Alignment MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 15-17...
Page 452 Description: Turns On/Off the coverage mapping data collection. The instrument must be in Mapping measurement mode for the command to be effective. No data is returned. Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, Mapping, Start/Stop Data Collection (Main Menu key) 15-18 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 453 It is a combination of the commands :CONFigure:RF ACLR and :READ:RF:ACLR? Refer to “:READ:RF:ACLR?” on page 15-23 for a description of the returned data. Default Unit: dBm Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, ACLR MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 15-19...
Page 454 Channel Power and Occupied Bandwidth measurement results. It is a combination of the following command:CONFigure:RF SPECtrum and :READ:RF:SPECtrum?. Data is returned as 2 comma-delimited values: Channel Power in dBm and Occupied bandwidth in MHz. Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, Channel Spectrum 15-20 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 455: Read Subsystem
Carrier Frequency in MHz, Freq Error in Hz, Freq Error in ppm, Cell ID, and Time Alignment Error (TAE) in nanoseconds. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Front Panel Access: Measurements, Modulation, Tx Time Alignment MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 15-21...
Page 456 Following the six sets of data is a final value for the Dominance. “--” is returned for each data that is not valid at that instance. Default Unit: dBm Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, Scanner 15-22 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 457 - relative, absolute, Main channel power - relative, absolute, Right adjacent channel power - relative, absolute, Right Alternate channel power - relative, absolute. Default Unit: dBm Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, ACLR MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 15-23...
Page 458 :CONFigure? Data is returned as 2 comma-delimited values: Channel Power(RSSI) in dBm and Occupied bandwidth measurement in MHz. Related Command: :FETCh:RF:SPECtrum? :CONFigure:RF SPECtrum :MEASure:RF:SPECtrum? Front Panel Access: Measurements, RF, Channel Spectrum 15-24 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 459: Trigger Subsystem
Trigger Source is set to “Ext”. Parameter: RISing|FALLing Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: RISing Default Unit: NA Range: RISing, FALLing Front Panel Access: Setup, Trigger, Trigger Source (Ext), Trigger Polarity MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 15-25...
Page 460: Unit Subsystem
:UNIT:POWer dBM|W :UNIT:POWer? Title: Measurement Units Description: Sets/Returns the current display mode for power values as either dBm or in watts. Parameter: DBM|W Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: dBm Front Panel Access: Amplitude, Units 15-26 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 461: Sense] Subsystem
Description: Sets the channel bandwidth. 15 MHz and 20 MHz are only available if Option 543 is installed. Parameter: 1.4|3|5|10|15|20 Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: The default bandwidth is 10 MHz. Front Panel Access: Setup, BW MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 15-27...
Page 462 Title: Component Carrier Frequency Description: Sets the center frequency of the specified Component Carrier (CC). Parameter: <freq> Parameter Type: <NRf> Default Unit: Hz Front Panel Access: Measurements, Over-the-Air, Carrier Aggregation, CC#, CC#, Center Freq 15-28 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 463 Signal Standard submenu button in the Freq menu. The list can also be downloaded remotely and viewed using Anritsu Master Software Tools. For example, if the desired Signal Standard is P-GSM 900 - Uplink, then the value of the <string>...
Page 464 Range: 10 MHz to 4 GHz Front Panel Access: Freq, Center Freq [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:CHANnel <number> [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:CHANnel? Title: Channel Selection Description: Sets the channel number for the selected signal standard. Parameter: <number> Front Panel Access: Frequency, Channel 15-30 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 465 Signal Standard submenu button in the Freq menu. The list can also be downloaded remotely and viewed using Anritsu Master Software Tools. For example, if the desired Signal Standard is P-GSM 900 - Uplink, then the value of the <string>...
Page 466 Related Command: [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:SSSPower:THREShold “xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x“ [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:SSSPower:THREShold? [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:RSRP:THREShold “xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x” [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:RSRP:THREShold? [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:RSRQ:THREShold “xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x” [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:RSRQ:THREShold? [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:SINR:THREShold “xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x” [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:SINR:THREShold? Front Panel Access: Measurement, Over-the-Air, Mapping, Measurement Setup, Measurement [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:SSSPower:THREShold “xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x “ [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:SSSPower:THREShold? [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:RSRP:THREShold “xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x” [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:RSRP:THREShold? [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:RSRQ:THREShold “xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x,xx.x” [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:RSRQ:THREShold? 15-32 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 467 Measurement, Over-the-Air, Mapping, Measurement Setup, SINR Thresholds [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:POInts:DELete Title: Clear Coverage Mapping measurement Description: Clears all data points collected for the coverage map. Front Panel Access: Measurement, Over-the-Air, Mapping, Point Distance/Time Setup, Delete All Points MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 15-33...
Page 468 Repeat Time [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:REPeat:DISTance <millimeters> [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:REPeat:DISTance? Title: Coverage Map Repeat Distance Interval Description: Sets the distance interval for data collection. Related Command: [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:REPeat:TYPe TIMe|DISTance Front Panel Access: Measurement, Over-the-Air, Mapping, Point Distance/Time Setup, Repeat Distance 15-34 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 469 Setting the value to OFF or 0 will result in the input attenuation being uncoupled from the input signal level. That is, changing the input signal level will not change the amplitude range. MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 15-35...
Page 470 Power vs. Time to zoom in the trace data to a particular sub-frame. Parameter: 0–9 Parameter Type: <char> Default Value: 0 Front Panel Access: Measurement, RF, Power vs. Time, View (Sub-Frame), Sub-Frame Number 15-36 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 471 Title: External Trigger Description: Sets the external trigger. The query form returns either “NOTRIG” or “EXT” in Ascii (without the double quotes). Default Value: No Trig Front Panel Access: Setup, Trigger, Trigger Source MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E 15-37...
Page 472 15-12 [:SENSe] Subsystem TD-LTE Commands 15-38 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 473: Appendix A-Programming Example
Appendix A — Programming Example C/C++ This example is run on the command line. It sends the *IDN? query to the instrument and prints the response to the console. MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 474 /* Display buffer for example */ char *pAddress; /* Make sure we got our address. */ if ( argc < 2 ) printf(”Usage: IdnExample \”USB0::0x0B58::0xFFF9::xxxxxxxx_xxx_xx::INSTR”); printf(”\t where xxxxxxxx_xxx_xx is the USB Device ID of your instrument.\n”); return -1; PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 475 /* TODO: Add code to process data. */ strncpy(tempDisplay, buffer, retCount); tempDisplay[retCount] = 0; /* Null-terminate display string. */ printf(”*IDN? Returned %d bytes: %s\n”, retCount, tempDisplay); /* Close down the system */ /* TODO: Add error handling. */ MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 476: Programming Example
A-1 C/C++ Programming Example status = viClose(instr); status = viClose(defaultRM); return 0; PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 477: Visual Basic
= viOpen(dfltRM, address, VI_NULL, VI_NULL, sesn) Rem Set the timeout for message-based communication Rem TODO: Add error handling. stat = viSetAttribute(sesn, VI_ATTR_TMO_VALUE, 120000) Rem Ask the device for identification Rem TODO: Add error handling. MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 478: Labview
Your instrument must first be defined to the VISA resource manager using Note NI-MAX. The VISA resource for your instrument serves as the VISA resource input to the vi. PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 479 Programming Example A-3 LabVIEW™ Figure A-1. Data Capture MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 480 A-3 LabVIEW™ Programming Example Figure A-2. Data Conversion PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 481: Appendix B-Iq Waveform Capture
Example of Metafile and C++ code are shown below. The MATLAB script is used to read a WCAP file from the instrument and unpack the data into a MATLAB array. The C++ sample program uses the SCPI commands to initiate a capture and save it directly to the PC. MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 482: Matlab Script (Getdata_Simple_24.M
= 1; else samp_rate = fscanf(fidIQ, '%d', 1); % fetch freq_offset stat = fseekStr(fidIQ, '"FreqOffset" Value="'); if stat == -1 disp 'ERROR: sample rate could not be found in file'; freq_offset = 0; else PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 483 % used to extract values from the XML-based .wcap files status = 0; len = length(str); ii = 1; fseek(fid,0,'bof'); while ( 1 ) cc = fread(fid,1); if cc == str(ii) if ii == len MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 484 B-1 MATLAB Script (getdata_simple_24.m) IQ Waveform Capture break; %found it, ready to import ii = ii + 1; else ii = 1; if feof(fid) status = -1; return PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 485: C++ Code (Iq_Scpi.cpp
/* For checking errors */ ViSession defaultRM, instr; /* Communication channels */ ViUInt32 retCount; /* Return count from string I/O */ char *pAddress; char *pFileName; FILE * fd; int i; ViChar cmdBuf[256]; ViChar statStr[256]; char dataBuf[BUFFER_SIZE]; MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 486 /* Set the timeout for message-based communication*/ /* TODO: Add error handling. */ status = viSetAttribute(instr, VI_ATTR_TMO_VALUE,30000); fd = fopen(pFileName,"wb"); if (fd == NULL) printf("Can't open the file\n"); status = viClose(instr); status = viClose(defaultRM); return -1; PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 487 /* initiate capture */ sprintf(&cmdBuf[0],"MEASure:IQ:GET?\n"); status = viWrite(instr, (unsigned char *)&cmdBuf[0],(ViUInt32)strlen(cmdBuf), &retCount); if (status != VI_SUCCESS) printf("viWrite 1 failed 0x%x\n",status); viStatusDesc(instr,status,statStr); printf("statStr 1 = %s\n",statStr); break; status = viRead(instr,(unsigned char *)dataBuf,BUFFER_SIZE,&retCount); if (status != VI_SUCCESS) MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 488 = '\0'; sscanf(tempBuf,"%d\n",&numDigits); strncpy(tempBuf,&dataBuf[2],numDigits); tempBuf[numDigits] = '\0'; sscanf(tempBuf,"%d\n",&size); fwrite(&dataBuf[2+numDigits],size,1,fd); printf("i=%d,retCount=%d\n",i++,retCount); fclose(fd); /* Close down the system */ /* TODO: Add error handling. */ status = viClose(instr); status = viClose(defaultRM); PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 489 IQ Waveform Capture B-2 C++ Code (IQ_SCPI.cpp) return 0; MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 490 B-2 C++ Code (IQ_SCPI.cpp) IQ Waveform Capture B-10 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 491: Appendix C-List Of Commands By Mode
:SYSTem:PRESet ........... . . 3-12 MT8220T PM...
Page 492 :CALCulate:SMOothing? ..........4-9 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 493 :INITiate:HOLD? ............4-20 MT8220T PM...
Page 494 [:SENSe]:FREQuency:STOP? ......... . 4-32 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 495 :CALCulate:LIMit:ENVelope:POINt? ........6-4 :CALCulate:LIMit:ENVelope:SHAPe SQUare|SLOPe MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 496 :CALCulate:MARKer:AOFF..........6-14 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 497 :DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:RLEVel? ......6-23 :DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:RLEVel:OFFSet <rel ampl> :DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:RLEVel:OFFSet? ..... . . 6-24 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 498 :TRACe1:OPERation?..........6-43 :TRACe2:OPERation MAXHold|MINHold PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 499 [:SENSe]:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]:RATio?......6-53 [:SENSe]:CHPower:BANDwidth|BWIDth:INTegration <freq> [:SENSe]:CHPower:BANDwidth|BWIDth:INTegration? ......6-53 [:SENSe]:CHPower:STATe OFF|ON|0|1 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 500 [:SENSe]:OPTion:IF:BWSTate? ......... 6-61 C-10 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 501 :MEASure:DEMod:CDPower? ......... . . 7-11 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev.
Page 502 [:SENSe]:POWer[:RF]:RANGe:AUTO?........7-29 C-12 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 503 :MEASure:DEMod:SUMMary? ......... . . 8-15 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev.
Page 504 [:SENSe]:PN:STYPe:AUTO? ......... . . 8-31 C-14 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 505 :FETCh:DEMod:NFLoor? ..........9-13 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev.
Page 506 :MEASure:EMISsion:FAIL? ..........9-31 C-16 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 507 :TRACe:PREamble? <trace type> ........9-46 :TRACe[:DATA] ACLR|SPECtrum|EMISsion|DEMod,(<header><block>) MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 508 [:SENSe]:OTA:SCODe:AUTO?......... . 9-55 [:SENSe]:OTA:SCODe:LOCK OFF|ON|0|1 C-18 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 509 :MEASure:RF:SPECtrum? ..........10-13 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev.
Page 510 [:SENSe]:SLOTselection? ..........10-27 [:SENSe]:SWEep:SPEed FAST|NORM|SLOW C-20 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 511 :READ:DEMod? ........... . . 11-15 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev.
Page 512 :DISPlay:WINDow:TRACe:Y[:SCALe]:TOP? ....... 12-6 C-22 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 513 [:SENSe]:DEMod:CONStln:POINts?........12-23 [:SENSe]:DEMod:CONStln:REFPoints[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 [:SENSe]:DEMod:CONStln:REFPoints[:STATe]?......12-24 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E C-23...
Page 514 :FETCh:DEMod:CONStln? ..........13-7 C-24 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 515 [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:CHANnel? ......13-24 [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:NAMe <string> MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E C-25...
Page 516 :FETCh:DEMod:4x4:TIMEalign? ........14-10 C-26 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 517 :READ:OTA:C4AGGregation? ......... . 14-23 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev.
Page 518 [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:CHANnel <number> [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:CHANnel? ......14-32 [:SENSe]:FREQuency:SIGStandard:NAMe [String] C-28 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 519 :CALCulate:MARKer1:MAXimum ......... 15-2 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev.
Page 520 :INITiate:CONTinuous? ..........15-15 C-30 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 521 [:SENSe]:CC{1|2|3|4|5}:BANDWidth?........15-28 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev.
Page 522 [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:SAVe:KML “<filename>” ......15-35 [:SENSe][:OTA]:MAPping:SAVe:TEXt “<filename>” ......15-35 C-32 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 523 [:SENSe]:TRIGger?........... 15-37 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev.
Page 524 List of Commands by Mode C-34 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 525: Index
WiMAX M ....13-10 gateway, IP address ....1-3 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E...
Page 526 ..... 1-2 subnet mask, IP address ... 1-3 Index-2 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 527 DISPlay, GSM ..11-5 SENSe, WiMAX M ... 13-23 subsystem DISPlay, LTE ..14-9 MT8220T PM PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E Index-3...
Page 528 ......1-4 setup ......1-4 Index-4 PN: 10580-00367 Rev. E MT8220T PM...
Page 530 Anritsu Company 490 Jarvis Drive Anritsu utilizes recycled paper and environmentally conscious inks and toner. Morgan Hill, CA 95037-2809 http://www.anritsu.com...